The War of Ten Kings (More than 5,000 years ago?) || Ancient Indian History

The war of ten kings is the oldest recorded war in history. Alongside the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, it holds a special place in the pre-historic history of India and helps shed light on the timeline and historicity of the Indian, a.k.a, the Hindu Civilization.

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The Battle of the Ten Kings led Bharatas to occupy the entire Puru territory of Western Punjab (then Panchanada) centered around Sarasvati River and complete their east-ward migration.[6] Sudas celebrated his victory with the Ashvamedha ritual to commemorate the establishment of a realm, free of enemies from the north, east, and west. He still had enemies in the Khāṇḍava Forest to the south, which was inhabited by the despised (unknown if Indo-Aryan or non-Indo-Aryan) Kikatas.[6]

A political realignment between Purus and Bharatas probably followed soon enough and might have included other factions of the tribal union as well; this is exhibited from how the core collection of RV prominently features clan-hymns of both the sides.[12][6]

The territory would eventually become the first South-Asian "state" under the Kuru tribe in post-RV span. It became the heart-land of Brahminical culture and purity, which eventually would influence and transform Indian culture, merging with local traditions[broken anchor] and developing into the Historical Vedic religion.[6][12] The Purus went on to survive as a marginal power in Punjab; Witzel and some other scholars believe Porus (c. early 300 BC) to be a king from the same tribe.[6][12]

[prashanthak]

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