Aja and Bhoja

Aja and Bhoja were two allied kings who joined their forces to the Pāṇḍava side at Kurukshetra. Bhīshma names both of them as rathas (chariot warriors) of the Pāṇḍava army. They appear together in his list as a pair of rulers allied with the Pāṇḍavas.

In Bhīshma’s count of the warriors

Aja and Bhoja are among the allied kings who gave their armies to the Pāṇḍava cause at Kurukshetra. Both are listed among the Pāṇḍava rathas in Bhīshma’s full count of rathas and atirathas (the greater chariot warriors), the Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna.

The Bhoja named here is a different king from Kuntibhoja, whom Bhīshma rates as an atiratha. They are two separate persons in the list.

Sources

• Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Rathātiratha-Saṃkhyāna Parva, Chapters 165–172