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[[File:Late Vedic Culture (1100-500 BCE).png|right|thumb|[[Panchala]] and other kingdoms of the Late [[Vedic period]]]]<br />
'''Keśin Dālbhya''' (or '''Dārbhya''') was a king of [[Panchala]] during the Late [[Vedic period]], most likely between {{circa}} 900 and 750 BCE.<ref>[[Michael Witzel]] (1989), [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/dialects.pdf ''Tracing the Vedic dialects''] in ''Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes'' ed. [[Colette Caillat|Caillat]], Paris, p.142</ref> He is mentioned prominently in the [[Taittiriya]] and [[Jaiminiya]] [[Brahmana]]s.<ref>Witzel (1989), p.127</ref> His maternal uncle was a [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] king, reflecting the matrimonial alliance between the two kingdoms.<ref>[[H. C. Raychaudhuri]] (1972), ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.67.</ref> His reign saw the establishment of the Panchala kingdom as the dominant political and cultural center of northern India, in the aftermath of the decline and defeat of the Kuru Kingdom by the non-Vedic [[Salva (India)|Salva tribe]]. The nephew of the Kuru king Ucchaisravas, son of Kuvaya, who had died heirless, he subsequently took over the leadership and ensured the continuation of the Vedic tradition.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Witzel |first=Michael |year=1995 |title=Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state |journal=EJVS |volume=1 |issue=4 |url=http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611142934/http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |archivedate=11 June 2007 |pages=22}}</ref> His dynasty remained in power for many generations; one of his later successors was the philosopher-king [[Pravahana Jaivali]] mentioned in the [[Upanishads]].<br />
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==See also== <br />
*[[Parikshit]]<br />
*[[Janaka]]<br />
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