Battle of the Ten Kings

Battle of the Ten Kings
Datec. 14th century BCE
Location
Near Parusni river (modern Ravi), Punjab
Result Trtsu-Bharata victory
Territorial
changes		 Bharatas settle in Kurukshetra
Emergence of Kuru kingdom
Belligerents
Bharata
Trtsu

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Second Phase:

Commanders and leaders
Sudas Paijavana
Vashishta

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Second Phase:

The Battle of the Ten Kings (Sanskrit: दाशराज्ञ युद्ध, IAST: Dāśarājñá yuddhá) was first alluded to in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda (RV) and took place between a king of the Bharatas named King Sudas versus a confederation of tribes. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Bharatas and subsequent formation of the Kuru polity. The Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda may have "formed the 'nucleus' of story" of the Kurukshetra War in the Mahabharata.[5]

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