Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s3.t1.71

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And the *Jātaka* ends with a significant statement that "Nimi's son Kalā-rajanaka brought his line to an end."⁵ Whether we accept or not this relation between Nimi and Kalāra—for we have no other reasons for either—the association of the termination of the line of Videha with Kalārajanaka may readily be accepted as correct, in as much as we have some corroborative evidence on the point. The *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya⁶ in the chapter on *Indriyajaya* mentions, among others, Karāla Vaideha as having perished along with his kingdom and relations for a lascivious attempt on a Brāhmaṇa maiden. This fact is confirmed by the poet Aśvagoṣa who says "and so Karālajanaka, when he carried off the Brāhmaṇa's daughter, incurred loss of caste thereby (*avāpa bhraṃśamapyeva*), but he would not give up his love."⁷ This Karāla, the Vaideha, must be identified, as already pointed out by Rauchaudhury,⁸ with our Kalārajanaka who, as stated above, brought the line of Videha to an end. Kalārajanaka is again identifiable with the *Paurāṇic* Kṛthi with whom the race of Janakas is said to have ended.¹