HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Lothal was a port city
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Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao discovered many harappan sites in India
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Yajurveda is a collection of sacrificial formulae
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Yajurveda mentions the battle of ten kings
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of the Ten Kings (Sanskrit: , romanized: Dāśarājñá yuddhá) is a battle, first alluded to in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda (RV), between a king of the Bharatas (tribe) and a confederation of tribes. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Bharatas and subsequent formation of the Kuru polity.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the bloody and decisive battle on the banks of river Parusni, the Bharatas emerged victorious. The Purus were another very important tribe in the days of the Rig-Veda.
Detailed explanation-3: -The battle broke out because of a dispute between Vashishta and Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra supported the group of ten tribes in which five were Aryans and another five were non-Aryans. The battle was fought between Bharatas on one hand and the group of ten tribes on the other.
Detailed explanation-4: -The famous Battle of Ten Kings or the Dasrajan Yudha was fought between the tribe Bharatas, led by king Sudas and the Confederacy of the other ten tribes – Puru, Yadu, Turvasa, Anu, Druhyu, Alina, Paktha, Bhalanas, Shiva and Vishanin.