Tribes in Ancient India c9.38

c9.38

In the semi-legendary accounts of the Purāṇas, we find some details regarding Mathurā. In the Viṣṇupurāṇa for instance, we read that Lavaṇa, son of the monster Madhu, was killed by Śatrughna who founded the city of Mathurā.⁸ The demons attacked Mathurā, the home of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas;⁹ and the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, being afraid of the demons, left Mathurā and established their capital at Dvārāvatī.¹⁰ Mathurā was also besieged by Jarāsandha, king of Magadha, with a huge army of 23 akṣauhiṇīs.¹¹ At the time of his ‘great departure’ (mahāprasthāna), Yudhiṣṭhira installed Vajranābha on the throne of the city.¹²