Which of the following Janas are mentioned in the Rigveda ? (a) Yadu (b) Puru (c) Chedi (d) Matsya Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Which of the following Janas are mentioned in the Rigveda ? (a) Yadu (b) Puru (c) Chedi (d) Matsya Select the correct answer from the code given below: Correct Answer (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Yadu, Puru, Chedi and Matsya all are mentioned in the Rigveda.

Yadu

  • Yadu is mentioned as the five early Indo-Aryan tribes mentioned in the Rigveda.
  •  The Yadus were located a long distance from the Rig Vedic tribes.

Puru

  • The Purus were the inhabitants of the core Rigvedic area and inhabited Haryana and adjacent areas.
  •  They had, in particular, had their sub-tribe as the Bharatas, who were the “Vedic Aryans”

Chedi

  • Chedi was one of an ancient Indian Mahajanapada, a kingdom which fell roughly in the Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh regions to the south of river Yamuna along the river Ken.
  • Its capital city was called Suktimati or Sotthivati.

Matsya

  •  The Matsya Kingdom was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) during Vedic times.
  • It is described in the Hindu epic Mahabharata and 6th BCE Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya.
  • Its capital was Viratnagar.

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