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			{{other uses\|Suda (disambiguation)\|Souda (disambiguation)}}
	{{Infobox royalty		{{Infobox royalty
	\| name = Sudas		\| name = Sudas
	\| ~~title~~ = [[Raja]]		\| succession = [[Raja]] of the [[Bharatas (tribe)\|Bharatas]] and [[List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes\|Tritsu]]
	\| ~~succession = King~~ of Tritsu ~~and Bharatas~~
	\| reign = 14th century BCE		\| reign = 14th century BCE
			\| predecessor = [[Divodasa]]?
	\| spouse = Sudevī		\| spouse = Sudevī
	\| house = [[Bharatas]]		\| house = [[Bharatas (tribe)\|Bharata]]
	\| house-type = Dynasty		\| house-type = Dynasty
	\| father = Pijavana or [[Divodasa]]		\| father = Pijavana or [[Divodasa]]
			\| religion = [[Historical Vedic Religion]]
	}}		}}
			'''Sudās Pijavana''' was an [[Rigvedic tribes\|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas\|Bharatas]] during the main or middle [[Rigveda\|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region\|Punjab]],{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogized by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period. {{peacock term\|date=February 2024}}<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>
	'''Sudās ~~Paijavana~~''' ~~({{lang-sa\|सुदास्}})~~ was an [[Rigvedic tribes\|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas\|Bharatas]], during the main or middle [[Rigveda\|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region\|Punjab]],{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was ~~eulogised~~ by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>

	== Family ==		== Family ==
	Sudās' ancestors include Pijavana, [[Divodasa\|Divodāsa Atithigva]], and Devavant, although scholars disagree regarding the order of these ancestors chronologically.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Witzel\|first=Michael\|title=The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity\|publisher=De Gruyter\|year=1995\|editor-last=Erdosy\|editor-first=George\|pages=216\|chapter=Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Palihawadana\|first=Mahinda\|date=2017\|title=The Indra Cult as Ideology: A Clue to Power Struggle in an Ancient Society\|url=\|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies\|volume=24\|issue=2\|pages=37}}</ref> According to [[Michael Witzel\|Witzel]], Divodāsa was the father of Sudās, but he includes Pijavana on the grid of Bharata descent as a possible ancestor between Divodāsa and Sudās.{{Sfn\|Witzel\|1995\|p=216, 248}} Palihawadana also places Pijavana on his grid of Bharata descent between Divodāsa and Sudas, but only states that Sudās was a descendant of Pijavana.{{Sfn\|Palihawadana\|2017\|p=37}}		Sudās' ancestors include Pijavana, [[Divodasa\|Divodāsa Atithigva]], and Devavant, although scholars disagree regarding the order of these ancestors chronologically.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Witzel\|first=Michael\|title=The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity\|publisher=De Gruyter\|year=1995\|editor-last=Erdosy\|editor-first=George\|pages=216\|chapter=Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Palihawadana\|first=Mahinda\|date=2017\|title=The Indra Cult as Ideology: A Clue to Power Struggle in an Ancient Society\|url=\|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies\|volume=24\|issue=2\|pages=37}}</ref> According to [[Michael Witzel\|Witzel]], Divodāsa was the father of Sudās, but he includes Pijavana on the grid of Bharata descent as a possible ancestor between Divodāsa and Sudās.{{Sfn\|Witzel\|1995\|p=216, 248}} Palihawadana also places Pijavana on his grid of Bharata descent between Divodāsa and Sudas, but only states that Sudās was a descendant of Pijavana.{{Sfn\|Palihawadana\|2017\|p=37}}

	He was married to Sudevī, who is stated to have been given to Sudās by the [[Ashvins]].<ref>{{Cite book\|~~last~~=Macdonell\|~~first~~=Arthur Anthony\|title=Vedic Index of Names and Subjects\|last2=Keith\|first2=Arthur Berriedale\|publisher=John Murray\|year=1921\|pages=454}}</ref>		He was married to Sudevī, who is stated {{who\|date=February 2024}} to have been given to Sudās by the [[Ashvins]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Macdonell\|first1=Arthur Anthony\|title=Vedic Index of Names and Subjects\|last2=Keith\|first2=Arthur Berriedale\|publisher=John Murray\|year=1921\|pages=454}}</ref>

	==~~Mention in~~ Rigveda==		==Rigveda==
	{{Main\|Battle of the Ten Kings}}		{{Main\|Battle of the Ten Kings}}
	Sudas is mentioned in ''[[Rigveda]]'' as the chief of Bharatas who conquered the ten-kings confederacy.{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} It is further mentioned that the king replaced [[~~Vashistha~~]]		Sudas is mentioned in ''[[Rigveda]]'' as the chief of Bharatas who conquered the ten-kings confederacy.{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} It is further mentioned that the king had replaced [[Vishwamitra]] with [[Vasishtha]] as his priest,
	with [[~~Visvamitra~~]] as his priest,		thereby creating a rivalry between the two. The ten-kings, viz. [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]], [[Yadu]], Turvasu, Anu, [[Druhyu]], Alina, [[Paktha]], Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin, then revolted against Sudas but were defeated by him. He also fought Ajas,
	thereby creating a rivalry between the two. The ten-kings, viz. [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]], [[Yadu]], ~~Turvasa~~, ~~Adu~~, [[Druhyu]], Alina, [[Paktha]], Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin, then revolted against Sudas but were defeated by him. He also fought Ajas,
	Sigrus and Yakshus soon after.{{sfn\|Sen\|1999\|p=41}}		Sigrus and Yakshus soon after.{{sfn\|Sen\|1999\|p=41}}

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	===Sources===		===Sources===
	* {{citation \|last=Mookerji \|first=Radha Kumud \|authorlink=Radha Kumud Mukherjee \|title=Chandragupta Maurya and his times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-y6ZUheQH8C \|edition=4th \|year=1988 \|~~origyear~~=first published in 1966 \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|isbn=81-208-0433-3 }}		* {{citation \|last=Mookerji \|first=Radha Kumud \|authorlink=Radha Kumud Mukherjee \|title=Chandragupta Maurya and his times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-y6ZUheQH8C \|edition=4th \|year=1988 \|orig-date=first published in 1966 \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|isbn=81-208-0433-3 }}
	* {{citation \|last=Sen \|first=Sailendra Nath \|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC \|year=1999 \|~~origyear~~=1988 \|publisher=New Age International Publishers \|edition=Second \|isbn=81-224-1198-3 }}		* {{citation \|last=Sen \|first=Sailendra Nath \|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC \|year=1999 \|orig-date=1988 \|publisher=New Age International Publishers \|edition=Second \|isbn=81-224-1198-3 }}

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 '''Sudās Paijavana'''  ({{lang-sa|सुदास्}}) was an [[Rigvedic tribes|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas|Bharatas]], during the main or middle [[Rigveda|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region|Punjab]],{{sfn|Mookerji|1988|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>

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	'''Sudās''' ({{lang-sa\|सुदास्}}) was an [[Rigvedic tribes\|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas]], during the main or middle [[Rigveda\|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region\|Punjab]],{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>		'''Sudās Paijavana''' ({{lang-sa\|सुदास्}}) was an [[Rigvedic tribes\|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas\|Bharatas]], during the main or middle [[Rigveda\|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region\|Punjab]],{{sfn\|Mookerji\|1988\|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)\|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom\|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>

			== Family ==
			Sudās' ancestors include Pijavana, [[Divodasa\|Divodāsa Atithigva]], and Devavant, although scholars disagree regarding the order of these ancestors chronologically.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Witzel\|first=Michael\|title=The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity\|publisher=De Gruyter\|year=1995\|editor-last=Erdosy\|editor-first=George\|pages=216\|chapter=Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Palihawadana\|first=Mahinda\|date=2017\|title=The Indra Cult as Ideology: A Clue to Power Struggle in an Ancient Society\|url=\|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies\|volume=24\|issue=2\|pages=37}}</ref> According to [[Michael Witzel\|Witzel]], Divodāsa was the father of Sudās, but he includes Pijavana on the grid of Bharata descent as a possible ancestor between Divodāsa and Sudās.{{Sfn\|Witzel\|1995\|p=216, 248}} Palihawadana also places Pijavana on his grid of Bharata descent between Divodāsa and Sudas, but only states that Sudās was a descendant of Pijavana.{{Sfn\|Palihawadana\|2017\|p=37}}

			He was married to Sudevī, who is stated to have been given to Sudās by the [[Ashvins]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Macdonell\|first=Arthur Anthony\|title=Vedic Index of Names and Subjects\|last2=Keith\|first2=Arthur Berriedale\|publisher=John Murray\|year=1921\|pages=454}}</ref>

	==Mention in Rigveda==		==Mention in Rigveda==

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{{short description|Tribal king of the Bhāratas}}
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'''Sudās''' ({{lang-sa|सुदास्}}) was an [[Rigvedic tribes|Indo-Aryan]] tribal king of the [[Bhāratas]], during the main or middle [[Rigveda|Rigvedic period]] (c. 14th century BCE).<ref>Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Languages of Harappa". In Kenoyer, J.. ''Proceedings of the conference on the Indus civilization.''</ref> He led his tribe to victory in the [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] near the Paruṣṇī (modern [[Ravi River]]) in [[Punjab region|Punjab]],{{sfn|Mookerji|1988|p=1}} defeating an alliance of the powerful [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]] tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his [[purohita]] [[Vashistha]] in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in [[Kurukshetra]], paving the way for the emergence of the [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.<ref>Witzel, Michael (1995), "Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state", ''EJVS vol. 1 no. 4'' (1995)</ref>

==Mention in Rigveda==
{{Main|Battle of the Ten Kings}}
Sudas is mentioned in ''[[Rigveda]]'' as the chief of Bharatas who conquered the ten-kings confederacy.{{sfn|Mookerji|1988|p=1}} It is further mentioned that the king replaced [[Vashistha]]
with [[Visvamitra]] as his priest,
thereby creating a rivalry between the two. The ten-kings, viz. [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]], [[Yadu]], Turvasa, Adu, [[Druhyu]], Alina, [[Paktha]], Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin, then revolted against Sudas but were defeated by him. He also fought Ajas,
Sigrus and Yakshus soon after.{{sfn|Sen|1999|p=41}}

==See also==
*[[Divodasa]]
*[[Parikshit]]
*[[Sudakshina]]
*[[Krishna]]

==References==

===Citations===
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{citation |last=Mookerji |first=Radha Kumud |authorlink=Radha Kumud Mukherjee |title=Chandragupta Maurya and his times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-y6ZUheQH8C |edition=4th |year=1988 |origyear=first published in 1966 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=81-208-0433-3 }}
* {{citation |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC |year=1999 |origyear=1988 |publisher=New Age International Publishers |edition=Second |isbn=81-224-1198-3 }}

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