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'''Ashwamedhadatha''' was a King of [[Kuru Kingdom]] who reigned during the Middle Vedic period. He is also grandson of King [[Janamejaya]] (through his son Shatanika).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Hem Channdra |url=http://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft |title=Political history of ancient India, from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty|page=13-17 |date=1923 |publisher=Calcutta, Univ. of Calcutta |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Horace H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Od1eFINWVkC&dq=aswamedhadatta&pg=PA163 |title=Select Works: "The" Vishnu Purana ; 4 : a system of Hindu mythology and tradition ; translated from the original Sanskrit, and illustrated by notes derived chiefly from other Puranas|page=163 |date=1868 |publisher=Trübner |language=en}}</ref> He succeeded his grandfather. His grandson King [[Nicakṣu]] is the founder of [[Vatsa]] branch of Kuru Clan.<ref name="rh">{{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Hemchandra |title=Political History of Ancient India |page=117 and 8 |publisher=University of Calcutta |year=1972 |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> <ref>Pargiter, F.E. (1972) ''Ancient Indian Historical Tradition'', Chaunan, Delhi, pp.269-70</ref>