In the country of Kamboj (काम्बोज देश), there was a king named Yashovarman (राजा यशोवर्मन काम्बोज). He was a religious minded ruler, arid happiness prevailed in his kingdom. But the king had become old and had no children”
King Yashovarman Kamboj probably belonged to Pre-epic Mahabharata era: (1400/1300 BC). Research on the Mahabharata has put an enormous effort into recognizing and dating layers within the text. Some elements of the present Mahabharata can be traced back to Vedic times. The background to the Mahabharata suggests the origin of the epic occurs "after the very early Vedic period" and before "the first Indian 'empire' was to rise in the third century B.C.
