Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.15

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16. Pūru—a people living on the Sarasvatī; sometimes mentioned along with the Anu, Druhyu, Turvaśa and Yadu (cf. Pañca Janāḥ); enemies of Sudās in the story of the battle of the ten kings; later merged in the Kuru people; the name is spelt as Puru in the epico-Puranic tradition which makes Puru, Anu, Yadu, Turvasu and Druhyu the five sons of king Yayāti of the lunar race.