TheSalva orSalvi tribe is mentioned inLate Vedic texts (such as theJaiminiyaBrahmana) is a tribe that invadedKurukshetra and defeated theKuru kingdom,[1] probablyc. 900 BCE.[2] The prior history of the Salva tribe is obscure, although they appear to have been associated with theTrigarta kingdom and thePunjab region.[3] After invading the Kuru kingdom, the Salvas settled along theYamuna river[4] and theAlwar region ofRajasthan (near theMatsya kingdom),[5] and by the end of the Vedic period they had eventually adopted Vedic culture as they coalesced with the remaining Kurus and theSurasenamahajanapada.[6] A passage in theKarna Parva of theMahabharata praises the Salvas for following the "eternal law of righteousness" but also says that they "need full instruction," unlike the more perceptive Kurus andPanchalas who can "gather the sense from half-expressed words".[7]