Editing Kartavirya Arjuna (section)

==The origin of Vrishala Kshatriya==
The Ocean said, If thou hast heard, O king, of the great Rishi Jamadagni, his son is competent to duly receive thee as a guest.--Then that king proceeded, filled with great wrath. Arrived at that retreat, he found Rama himself. With his kinsmen he began to do many acts that were hostile to Rama, and caused much trouble to that high-souled hero. Then the energy, which was immeasurable of Rama blazed forth, burning the troops of the foe, O lotus-eyed one. Taking up his battle-axe, Rama suddenly put forth his power, and hacked that thousand-armed hero, like a tree of many branches. Beholding him slain and prostrated on the earth, all his kinsmen, uniting together, and taking up their darts, rushed at Rama, who was then seated, from all sides. Rama also, taking up his bow and quickly ascending on his car, shot showers of arrows and chastised the army of the king. Then, some of the Kshatriyas, afflicted with the terror of Jamadagni's son, entered mountain-fastnesses, like deer afflicted by the lion. Of them that were unable, through fear of Rama, to discharge the duties ordained for their order, the progeny became Vrishalas owing to their inability to find Brahmanas. In this way Dravidas and Abhiras and Pundras, together with the Savaras, became Vrishalas through those men who had Kshatriya duties assigned to them (in consequence of their birth), falling away (from those duties). Then the Kshatriyas that were begotten by.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vyas |first=Ved |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/index.htm |title=Ashwamedha Parva - Mahabharata |date=1883–96 |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |page=SECTION XXIX[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m14/m14029.htm] |translator-last=Gangul |translator-first=Kisari Mohan |orig-year=9th century BC}}</ref>

Later on, as Patanjali's [[Aṣṭādhyāyī]] mentions, Abhiras appear in 150 BC. Later on, Abhiras established the [[Traikutaka dynasty]] with kings such as Ishwarsena, Indradutta, Dahrasena & Vyaghrasena. Dahrasena even performed Ashwamedha Yagya.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sailendra Nath Sen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA426 |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1 January 1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 |pages=426– |access-date=3 January 2011}}</ref> Traikutikas were known for their [[Vaishnav]]a faith, who claimed to be [[Yadava]] of Haiheya branch.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0bkMAAAAIAAJ&q=abhira+trikuta&dq=abhira+trikuta&ei=2H9dS8qMIaOykAT6oazFBA&cd=7 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ..., Volume 1, Part 1 By Bombay (India : State), p. 58]</ref> Later on, in 10th century, Chudasamas are mentioned as the ''[[Abhira tribe|Abhira]] Ranaka'', in Hemachandra's reference to [[Graharipu]] in ''Dvyashraya''. Merutunga claims in his prose that Abhira Ranaka, Navaghana defeated Jayasimha eleven times, but Jayasimha went himself twelfth time after capturing newly fortified Vardhamanapura (now [[Wadhwan]]).{{sfn|Asoke Kumar Majumdar|1956|p=116}}