"When asked about the ancient classics of India, most would quickly reply with The Ramayana and The Mahabharata. Although this answer is correct, there is an even more ancient story that has been forgotten. That ancient story is called the Dasharajnya or ‘Battle of ten Kings'.
This battle is memorialized in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda, in hymns 18, 33 and 83.4-8). In this Battle of Ten Kings all the people of the Rigvedic India were involved. It took place near the Parusni River (Ravi River) in Punjab. The place where they fought later became the site of the city of Harappa, possibly the first modern urban center in history.
This Battle is also Important as it heralded the spread of Vedic beliefs to other parts of the world, for the simple reason the kings and their subjects were forced to pay tributes and had to migrate outwards towards the present lands now called as Iran, Iraq, Egypt etc… An Aryan migration, out of India could be seen here.
In the battle some of the powerful Puru tribes created an alliance with other tribes from the India and Persia. Guided by the royal sage Vishvamitra, this army came on to oppose the Bharata King Sudas (Note: King Sudas was also descendant of Puru Dynasty) in battle. But, Sudas defeated them all, and captured all the Rigvedic tribes…."
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