Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c34.10

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c34.10

³ Videha and Magadha. Janaka (probably a royal style and not a proper name) king of the Videhas, according to Vedic literature (*Śatapatha Br.*, xi. 3.1.2; see also उभयमेव सम्राट्, *Bri. Up.*, iv. 1. 1.) and Jarâsandha, king of Magadha, according to the Purâṇas, were holders of the title Samrât (M. Bh., See § 362).

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Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit