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| Many of the conflicts in the Puranas are between the seers Vasishta
and Vishvamitra,(*34) both of which are honored throughout the literature of
India as great seers. This conflict goes back to the time of Sudas where both vied to become his
purohit or chief priest. Vedic texts like the Brahmanas style the Dasyus as the fallen descendants of the Vedic king Vishvamitra, his older sons,(*35) making them the older descendants of Vedic kings and seers. This reminds one of the story of Yayati wherein it was Puru, the youngest son, who inherited his kingdom, and his older sons Yadu and Turvasha who became inimical. Mleccha, another term which later referred to people speaking a different language or for foreigners, was first used in the Sutra literature, Brahmanas and Mahabharata for people of western India from Gujarat to Punjab (realms of Anu, Druhyu and Yadu predominance) which had temporarily become a region of impure practices.(*36) 34. Mahabharata
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