Tribes in Ancient India c73.35

c73.35

In the *Sabhāparvan*, we read that the whole confederacy of Anhakas, Yādavas and Bhojas abandoned Kamsa who was slain by Kṛṣṇa who had been appointed to do so (*niyogāt*).⁶ It appears from this that Kṛṣṇa had at least the tacit approval of all the allied peoples who had been tyrannized over and ill-treated by Kamsa. Kamsa himself was a Bhoja, as we learn from what Kṛṣṇa said to the Kurus in their assembly on the eve of the battle.⁷