Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s6.10

c7.s6.10

³ A whole *parvan* is devoted in the *Mahābhārata* to the performance of this *yajña* by the Pāṇḍava princes in general. Some scholars seem to be of opinion that this *parvan* is anachronistic. It must have been a later introduction into the *Mahābhārata*, perhaps a condensed version of the Jaimini's *Bhārata* (*Aśvamedha* portion) which is comparatively a modern work. This supposition is certainly untenable. The institution of *aśvamedha* *yajña* is recognized even in Vedic days.