Discusses the historical and linguistic significance of the Dāśarājña, also known as the Battle of Ten Kings, documented in the Ṛgveda. The author argues for the Out-of-India theory (OIT) of Indo-European linguistic origins, suggesting that the Dāśarājña represents a political consolidation of the Mature Harappan civilization in India around 2500 BC, which triggered the dispersal of Eastern Indo-European languages. The author analyzes the Dāśarājña data, including the names of kings and tribes mentioned, to support their claim that the Dāśarājña was not a single battle but a series of campaigns led by Sudās Paijavana, a powerful Pūru-Bharata king, across northern India. The author further argues that these campaigns contributed to the emergence of Mature Harappan and the westward migration of Indo-European speakers.

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