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KOSALA
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Kosala was probably the fatherland of Janaka's hotri priest, Aśvala, who was very probably an ancestor of. Aśvalayana Kausalya1 mentioned in the Praśna Upanishad as a disciple of Pippalada and a contemporary of Sukeśā Bharadvaja and of Hiranya-nabha, a Kosalan prince. The details of Kosalan history will be discussed in a subsequent chapter.
1 Aśvalasyapatyam Afvalayanaḥ (Samkara's commentary on Praśna Upanishad, 1. 1).
