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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.21

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.21

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c5.s4.21

22. Yadu—often mentioned along with the Turvaśa (the two being said to have been brought by Indra from a distant land) and sometimes also with the Anu, Pūru and Druhyu; took part in the battle of the ten kings against Sudās; the name Yadu is applied in post-Vedic tradition to one of the five sons of king Yayāti (cf. Pūru).