Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2889

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KṢUDRAKA. There was a country known as Kṣudraka in Ancient India. Those who inhabited this country were called Kṣudrakas. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52 that the Kṣudrakas had brought gifts to Dharmaputra. In the battle of Bhārata Duryodhana protected Śakuni with the help of the Kṣudrakas. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 51, Stanza 16). It is stated in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 19 that the Kṣudrakas attacked Arjuna at the behest of Bhīṣma. Many Kṣudrakas were killed when Paraśurāma exterminated the Kṣatriyas. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 70).