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Kavyanusasana One of these who was known as Raivata Kakudmi had a daughter named Revatī who was married to Baladeva-the elder brother of Sri Krshņa. The love of Revatī and Baladeva is immortalised by Kalidasa in the beautiful phrase-Revatí-lochanánkám' of the Meghadūta. This Raivata, according to the Purāṇas, had lost his kingdom before he married his daughter to Baladeva. This may mean that one of the Raivatas was attacked by the Yádavas, probably from the sea, who ultimately usurped the kingdom of the Raivatas but legalised their position by marrying one of them to a princess of the royal family that preceded them.
The Raivatas being descended from Manu Vaivasvata or Manu-the son of the Sun-would naturally be regarded as of the Solar race. Pargiter regards the Solar race as originally non-Aryan, while the Lunar race as Aryan. Principal Dhruva, rightly, points out that this view is altogether imaginary and has no basis in tradition and is contradicted by the oneness of the culture of the Solar and the Lunar races.
The Yadavas were the descendants of Yadu, and essentially Aryan in their blood. Aila Purūravas, who was supposed to be descended from the Moon (and who is the hero of the famous play of KalidasaVikramorvasīya ), had a son named Āyu who married a daughter of the Dänava Svarbhānu-a non-Aryan. Thus the Yadavas had an admixture of Dravidian blood in them.
One branch of the Yadu-family, separate from the main Yâdavas, was known as Haihaya. The famous hero Sahasrarjuna Kārtavīrya belonged to this race. He conquered the city of Mahishmati on the banks of the
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