1895.] F. E. Pargiter —Ancient Cedi , Matsya , and Kariisa . 257 
throws him five generations bach by making her the fourth ancestress 
of Brahma-datta, king of Kampilya, who was Pratipa’s contemporary 
(xviii. 967-81 ; and xx. 1047) ; and again places him midway between 
these two periods by the genealogy which it gives of his descendants 
(xxxii. 1804-10). 
The kingdom which Vasu. founded was a powerful one. He annexed 
the neighbouring territories, chiefly to the east, and placed his five sons 
who were called the Yasava kings there. They established separate 
dynasties, of which only two however are clearly mentioned, viz., Yrhad- 
ratha ruled over Magadha, with Aijga seemingly as an appanage, and Ku 9 a 
(or Ku^atnba) Mani-vahana reigned presumably in Kau^amba (Adi-p., 
Ixiii. 2362-5; and Hari-v., cxvii. 6598). Which' son succeeded him in 
Cedi is not stated, nor where the two other sons reigned; but it is 
highly probable that Kariisa was the territory ruled by one of them, for 
its position midway between Cedi and Magadha would have necessitated 
its conquest before Magadha, and the strong friendship between the 
kings of the three countries (Sabha-p., xiii. 571-5; and xlvii. 1570) 
and the alliances by marriage (Hari-v., xxxv. 1927, and 1930-2) indi¬ 
cate a close connexion between these dynasties. I may note here that 
the king Vasu mentioned in Ramayana, Adi-k., xxxv. 1-9, appears to be 
quite a different monarch, and prior in time to Yasu Upari-cara. 
The next king of Cedi mentioned after Yasu was Dama-ghosa, 
who was probably fourth or fifth in descent from him. He married 
Krsna’s aunt, and his son was pi 9 u-pala, the famous king of Cedi, whom 
Krsna slew (Hari-v., xxxv. 1927-31 ; xcv. 5256 ; and cxvii. 6599-6600). 
Qi 9 u-pala was also called Su-nitlia (Hari-v., cviii. 6029 ; cxvii. 6594- 
6608). ^^u-pala’s son and successor was Dlirsta-ketu (Udyoga-p., clxx. 
5900) who joined the Pandavas in the great war and was killed there. 
He was succeeded in the throne by his younger brother Qarablia (A 9 va- 
medh.-p., lxxxiii. 2468-9), and with him the curtain falls on the stories 
of those stirring old times. 
I do not find any indications, as Cunningham alleges, that several 
different persons are mentioned as being kings of Cedi at the same time. 
Allusions are made to other kings of Cedi besides those whom I have just 
noticed, but they refer to earlier monarclis who belonged to times prior 
to Yasu Upari-cara. For instance, the king of Dayarna had two 
daughters, one of whom married Yira-bahu king of Cedi, and the 
other lihima king of Yidarbha; and the latter’s daughter was Dama- 
yantl who married king Hula (Yana-p., Ixix. 2707-8). Yira-bahu ap¬ 
pears to be the same king who is called Su-bahu Satya-da^in (id., lxv. 
2576). Nala’s story however belongs to times long prior to the Panda¬ 
vas : this is plain from the way in which the story is told, his down- 
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