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xvii - that is the cult of sacrifice - yajñadharma - of the Brāhmaṇas, and therefore would be called Anịtas - or Ānarttas by the northern Aryans. Ānarttapura which is an older name of Anandapura (that is modern Vadnagara ) might have been founded in these early times and become the first centre of Aryan religion and culture in this part of the country. I'robably it was this city which kept the light of Vedic learning and culture burning throughout the later history of this province as is attested by the grants of the Valabhi kings aud other successive rulers of Gujarāta. Even to-day the Vadanagarā Nāgara Brāhmaṇas or Nāgaras, as the aristocrats among them would call themselves, are known to maintain a certain standard of traditional Brahmanic culture.
Revata the successor of Anartta made Kuşasthali or Dwārakā in Saurāshtra his capital and from there governed the country called Anartta. We thus find Anartta and Surāshtra joined together from very early times. As we shall see later on in the inscription of Rudradāman in the phrase 'Anartta - Surāshtrāņām' the provinces were looked upon as connected with each other.
This Revata had a son who was called Raivata. He or more probably one of his descendants who was called Raivata Kakudmi was attacked by the Yadavas from the sea who ultimately became the rulers of Saurashtra.
The descendants of Revata would be known accor ding to an usage of the Samskyta language as Raivatas *
* One of the older names of the mount Girnára is Raivataka which is described under that namne by the great poet MĀzba of Bhinpamāla in his Sisuçālavadha canto IV.
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