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Mentioning of name Aja in Rig Veda and similarities on valmiki ramayan account
In second phase of
Battle of Ten Kings (in
RV 1.018.19) after river
Ravi the battleground (probably) shifted to the banks of river
Yamuna, wherein the local chieftain Bhida was defeated along with three other tribes — Ajas, Śighras, and the Yakṣus by
Sudas.[1] And Lord Rama's grandfather's name is also Aja . As Ajas were defeated near Yamuna river by king
Sudas. This reference of location of this tribe is corresponds to the location of Kingdom (
Mathura) of King
Shatrughan, brother Lord Rama mentioned in valmiki ramayan. And in latter epic Mahabharata
Kamsa the King of Mathura is not mentioned as Suryavanshi ruler but as Chandravanshi ruler.
Therefore from above points conclusion derives the following chronology
King Shatrughan,brother of Lord Rama killed
Lavanasura and captured Mathura on the Yamuna river. (As Shatrughan's grandfather's name is Aja so Rig Veda mentions tribe name Aja near Yamuna.
After the period of Ramayana Mathura branch of Suryavanshi (Ajas) were defeated by King
Sudas and it was replaced by Chandravanshi.
And from there it came into hands of Chandravanshi King
Kamsa
^Brereton, Joel P.; Jamison, Stephanie W., eds. (2014). The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. pp. 880, 902–905, 923–925, 1015–1016.