Tribes in Ancient India c7.19

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c7.19

The great law-giver Manu speaks of the country of the Kurus and other allied peoples (Matsyas, Pañcālas and Śūrasenakas) as forming the sacred land of the Brahmarṣis (Brahmanical sages), ranking immediately after Brahmāvarta (Manu, II, 17-19). He indirectly praises the prowess of these peoples by saying that they should be placed in the van of any battle-array (Manu, VII, 193).

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit