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Introduction
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Narmadá from Karkotaka Naga. He was a powerful king who defeated even Rāvaņa of Lankā. He was a disciple of the famous sage Dattātreya, and is reported to have performed ten thousand sacrifices. According to the Puranic tradition Kārtavīrya and the whole clan of Haibayas * were killed by Paraşurāma the son of Bhrgu.
: The modern city of Broach whose Samskrta equivalent is Bhrgu-kachchha which literally means the coast of Bhrgus, bears the imprint of Bhrgus at least in its name.* The suciety formed for research into the Narmadā valley will, let us hope, throw more light on the early history of this part of Gujarát.
Purăņas give a detailed account of the different Yadava families which are also constantly mentioned in Jaina literature. The principal families were those of Vțshại, Kukkura, Bhoja, Satvata, Andhaka, Madhu, Surasena, and Daşārha. In the family of Sătvata who was thirty-seventh from Yadu, Srī Kệshṇa was born. It was in his time that Yadavas had to leave Mathura on the Yamuna. They subsequently settled in Saurashtra and established themselves as its rulers, probably supplanting the Raivatas.
Ugrasena was a leading Yadava chief who had the co-operation of the families of Yadu, Bhoja, and Andhaka. His principal seat was either at Dwaraka or at Raivatanagara or Ugrasenapura, that is, modern Junāgadh. Sri Krshṇa and Baladeva were very influential
* According to a verse in the Prabandhachintamani Chāvaļas belonged to the Haihaya dynasty. See the section op Chavadas.
* Buddhists give a different explanation. See S. N. Majumdar's edition of Cunningham's Ancient Geography.
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