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ally in ancient times genealogies have been esteemed matters of very 
great importance and kept up with jealous pride, and that Aijga lay at 
first outside the Aryan pale, so that no honour could be gained by 
alleging false alliances with its princes who were prior to the time of 
Aijga. In Jarasandha’s time, Agga appears to have been an appanage 
of Magadha, and it was through his favour that Karna gained it as 
his kingdom (Sabha-p., xxix. 1090-93; Vana-p., ccxlv. 15052; and 
Oanti-p., v. 134-5). 
The ancient history of Aijga appears to consist of two periods, 
first, the age before the eponymous king Aijga, and secondly that which 
he inaugurated. In the former age the country must have belonged 
to a pre-Aryan race and dynasty, and their rule must have ended with 
king Bali. Although his lineage is traced up to Anu or Pn.ru, sons of 
Yayati, so as to connect it with the royal Aryan lines of North India, 
yet he is called a Danava (Matsya Pur., xlviii. 60), and it was no 
doubt a remembrance of its old non-Aryan stock that led to the appli¬ 
cation of the opprobrious term Mleccha to the Aijga prince who joined 
in the Great war (Karna-p., xxii. 877 and 880). 
The second period no doubt represents the change when the country 
passed under the influence of the Aryas, as they extended their dominion 
eastward. It has been mentioned already that Da9a-ratha’s contemporary 
Loma-pada was fifth or sixth in descent from Aijga, hence the beginning 
of this period may be placed some six generations prior to Hama’s time. 
There was a close friendship between Loma-pada and Da 9 a-ratha, so 
genuine that the latter is said to have given his daughter Canta in 
adoption to the former (Ramay., Adi-k., x. 1-10, and 23-27). The 
connexion between Ayodliya and Aijga at that time is shewn in such 
detail and referred to so often, that it appears to be a real historical 
fact; and it is corroborated incidentally in a remarkable manner in the 
enumeration of the kings and princes who were invited to attend Da 9 a- 
ratha’s sacrifice (id., xii. 18-24). That list differs surprisingly from 
similar lists in the Maha-Bliarata, which describe all the kings and 
princes through the length and breadth of India, who assembled at 
Draupadi’s svayam-vara (Adi-p., clxxxvi. and clxxxvii.), at the opening 
of the Pandavas’ Court (Sabha-p., iv.), and at the Raja-suya sacrifice 
(id., xxxiii.). The Ramayana list is short and is noteworthy as much 
for its omissions as for its contents ; it mentions the kings of Mithila 
(North Behar), K^i (Benares), Kekaya (North Pan jab) and Aijga, 
and then in general terms those of the East (pracya), of Sind ha 
(North Sindh) and Sauvira (West Panjab), of Su-rastra (Gujarat) and 
of the Dekhan, and “ whatever other kings were particularly friendly ” 
(Adi-k., xii. 18-24). Madhyani^a is ignored with the exception of 
