Lunar Dynasty

, a major king in the Lunar Dyanasty]] In Hindu scriptures, the Lunar Dynasty (Chandravanshi or Somavanshi) is one of the three principal houses of the Kshatriya Varna, or warrior–ruling caste. The Dynasty claims descent from the Moon (Soma or Chandra), while the other principal houses, the Solar Dynasty (Suryavanshi) claims descent from the Sun (Surya) and the Agnivanshi claim to have been born to the fire God Agni. Vansh essentially translates to family tree, so Chandra-, Surya- or Agnivanshi means the family tree or genealogy of the descendants of the Moon, Sun and Fire gods. Within these family trees sub-branches such as Bharatvansh, Yaduvansh, Puruvansh, Kuruvansh, Pandavansh etc. emerged, named after a prominent progenitor of the line.

List of monarchs of the Lunar Dynasty

a Dynasty and its neighbors.]]

According to the Bhavishya Purana legend, of debatable dating, the origin of the Lunar Dynasty began with Brahma in the Treta Yuga (second era):

Brahma had Manasputra (Mind born son) Atri

Atri produced Chandra (Moon God) from his eyes. In the third part of Treta Yuga, Indra sent Chandra, Rohini's husband, to Prithvi (Earth). His capital was Prayag and was a devout worshiper of Vishnu and Shiva. He performed 100 Yagyas (Oblations) to please Mahamaya (God). He ruled for 18,000 years and then ascended to heaven.

His son was Budh.

Chandra's line

Indra sent Chandra to Prithvi (18,000 yrs)

Chandra's son was Budh - from Ila

Budh's son was Pururava (14,000 yrs)

Pururava had six sons in the beginning of Treta Yuga.

#Ayu #Shrutayu #Satyayu #Raya #Vijaya #Jaya

Vijaya Vansha

Vijaya's son was Bheem

Bheem's son was Kanchan

Kanchan's son was Hotra

Hotra's his son was Jahnu. He drank all the water of the River Ganges. This prince, whilst performing a sacrifice, saw the whole of the place overflowed by the waters of the Ganges. Highly offended at this intrusion, his eyes red with anger, he united the spirit of sacrifice with himself, by the power of his devotion, and drank up the river. The gods and sages upon this came to him, and appeased his indignation, and reobtained Gangá from him, in the capacity of his daughter (whence she is called Jáhnaví).

Jahnu's son was Poru

Poru's son was Balak

Balak's son Ajak

Ajak's son was Kush

Kush had four sons

#Kushambhu #Tanaya #Vasu #Kushnabh

Kushnabh's son was Gadhi (who was an incarnation of Indra himself).

*Gadhi had Vishwamitra. Born a Kshatriya, he became a Brahmarshi (Sage).

*He had a daughter named Satyavati, who married Rishi Richik. The book "Genealogical Tables" mentions this: "it is impossible that one woman could be the daughter of Gadhi, 15 generations from Brahma, and wife of Richik, who was only 3 descents down from the same god". (8).

*Satyavati had son Rishi Jamadagni who married Renuka, the daughter of Rishi Renu.

*Jamadagni had several sons such as Vasuman, the youngest one was Parashurama. He emptied Prithvi (earth) from Kshatriyas 21 times.

*Vishwamitra had 100 sons, 99 of whom are considered the mythylogical progenitors of the Andhras.

Ayu Vansh

Pururava's son was Ayu (36,000 yrs) - he was a devotee of Vishnu. Ayu had 5 sons

#Kshatravriddh #Raji #Rambh #Anena #Nahush

Ayu Line 1 - Kshatravriddh Vansha

Kshatravriddh's son Suhotra, had three sons

#Kashya #Kush #Grihatsmad

Pururva - Ayu - Kshatravriddh - Kashya Vansa

Kashya's son was Kashi, who ruled from the city of Kashi off the Ganges River (India)

Kashi's son was Rashtra

Rashtra's son was Dirghtama

Dirghtamaa's son was Dhanvantari. Dhanvantari started Ayur Veda. He takes his share in Yagya and is the Ansh of Vasudeva.

Dhanvantari's son was Ketuman

Ketuman's son was Bheemarath

Bheemarath's son was Divodas

Divodas' son was Dyuman - his other names are Pratardan, Shatrujit, Vats, Ritdhwaj and Kuvalayaksh.

Dyuman's sons were Alark and others - Alark ruled for 66,000 years.

Alark's son was Santati

Santati's son was Suneeth

Suneeth's son was Suketan

Suketan's son was Dharmaketu

Dharmketu's son was Satyaketu

Satyaketu's son was Dhrishtaketu

Dhrishtketu's son was Sukumar

Sukumar's son was Veetihotra

Veetihotra's son was Bharg

Bharg's son was Bhargabhumi.

Pururva - Ayu - Kshatravriddh - Kush Vansha

Kush had Prati

Prati's son was Sanjay

Sanjay's son was Jaya

Jaya's son was Krit

Krit's son was Haryavan

Haryavan's son was Sahadev

Sahadev's son was Heen

Heen's son was Jayasena

Jayasen's son was Sankriti

Sankriti's son was Jaya

latthar rajput

Pururva - Ayu - Kshatravriddh - Grihatsmad Vansh

Grihatsmad's son was Shunak

Shunak's son was Shaunakji. This Shaunak is the same person acknowledged in the Rig Veda.

Ayu Line 2 - by Anena

Anena's son was Shuddh

Shuddh's son was Shuchi

Shuchi's son was Trikud

Trikud's son was Dharmsarathi

Dharmsarathi's son was Shantiraya - Shantiraya was a knower of the soul so he did not have any child.

Ayu Line 3 - by Rambh

Rambh's son was Rabhas

Rabhas' son was Gambheer

Gambheer's his son was Akriya. Akriya's wife started Brahman Vansh.

Ayu Line 4 - by Raji

Raji had 500 sons. All were killed by Indra.

Ayu Line 5 - by Nahush

Ayu's son was Nahush. He attained Indra's status and ruled the three worlds. Later he became a python because of Durvasa'a curse (In MBH he became python because of Agastya Muni's curse).

Nahusha had 6 sons

#Yati #Yayati #Sanyati #Ayati #Viyati #Kriti

Nahush's son Yayati's vansha

Nahusha's son was Yayati.

Yayati had five sons. Three of them were the rulers of Mlechchh Desh (Their detailed description is available in the early chapters of Matsya Purana.) The other two became Arya. Among all the sons, the eldest son was Yadu and the youngest son was Puru.

Nahush -> Yayati -> Line 1 - Puru's Vansha

Puru, though younger was crowned a king (since he gave his youth to his father Yayati)

Puru's son was Janamejaya.

Janamejaya's son was Prachinvan

Prachinvan's son was Praveer

Praveer's son was Namasyu

Namasyu's son was Sudyu

Sudyu's son was Bahugav

Bahugav's son was Sanyati

Sanyati's son was Ahanyati

Ahanyati's son was Raudrashwa

Raudrashwa had 10 sons from Ghritachi Apsara

#Riteyu, who had Rantinar (a.k.a. Rantibhara) #Kuksheyu #Sthandileyu #Kriteyu #Jaleyu #Santateyu #Dharmeyu #Satyeyu #Vriteyu #Vaneyu

*Rantinar had three sons: #Sumati #Dhruv #Apratirath. ##Apratirath's son was Kanva ###Kanva's son was Medhatithi who produced Prasakanv Brahman.

*There was a Medhathithi, supposedly born in 850 AD, who wrote a commentary on Manusmrithi ^{(are they the same person?)} (9). Kanva's adopted daughter was Shakuntala, who married Dushyant. Their son was Bharat. , the wife of King Dushyanta, in Abhijñānashākuntala of Kalidasa. A painting by Raja Ravi Varma.]]

*Rantinar s/o Riteyu Tansu Anil

Dushyanta + Shakuntala

Bharat's son was Bharadwaj (Bharadwaj branched off as a brahmin), Bharat adopted this son, although he had many sons of his own.

Bharadwaj's son was Manyu

Manyu had five sons

#Brihatkshatra #Jaya #Mahavirya ##Duritkshaya. ###Trayaruni ###Kavi ###Pushkararuni. ### All three, Trayaruni, Kavi and Pushkararuni became brahmins. #Nar ##Sankriti ###Guru ###Rantidev #Garg (branched off as a brahmin) ##Garg's son was Shini ##Shini's son was Gargya.

* Brihatkshatra's son was Hasti, who inhabited [Hastinapur]. #Ajameedh #Dwimeedh #Purumeedh

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Hasti Line 1 Ajameedh

Ajameedh's sons including Priyamedha became Brahmins. Among them one was Brihdishu.

Ajameedh's second wife's name was Nalini. She gave birth to Neel.

Riksha

Hasti -> Ajameedh Line 1-> Priyameedh

(brahmin line)

Brihdishu's son was Brihatkaya

Brihatkaya's son was Jayadrath

Jayadrath's son was Vishad

Vishad's son was Senjit

Senjit had four sons

#Ruchirashwa #Dridhanu #Kashya #Vats Vatsa

Ruchirashwa's son was Par

Par had two sons

#Prithusen #Neep

Neep had 100 sons plus a son Brahmdat - from Chayashuk's daughter Kritwee. He was a Yogi.

Brahmdat's son was Vishwaksena from his wife Saraswati. Vishwaksen wrote Yog Shastra

Vishwaksen's son was Udakswan

Udakswan's son was Bhalad.

Hasti -> Ajameedh Line 2-> Neel (Panchala Kings)

Neel's son was Shanti

Shanti's son was Sushanti

Sushanti's son was Puruj

Puruj's son was Ark

Ark's son was Bharmyashwa

Bharmyashwa had five sons

#Mudgal (branched off as a brahmin) #Yavenar #Brihdishu #Kampilya #Sanjay. Bharmyashwa said, "My all these five sons are worthy to rule five countries (Panch Alam), therefore they were known as Panchal. Among them Mudgal started Maudgalya Brahmin Gotra.

Hasti Line 2 Dwimeedh

Dwimeedh's son was Yaveenar

Yavenar's son was Kritiman

Kritiman's son was Satyadhriti

Satyadhriti's son was Dridhnemi

Dridhnemi's son was Suparshwa

Suparshwa's son was Sumati

Sumati's son was Sanatiman

Sanatiman's son was Kriti. Kriti attained the knowledge of Yog from Hiranynabh and authored six Sanhitas of Prachyasam Richa (stanzas).

Kriti's son was Neep

Neep's son was Ugrayudh

Ugrayudh's son was Kshemya

Kshemya's son was Suvir

Suvir's son was Ripunjay

Ripunjaya's son was Bahurath.

Hasti Line 3 Purumeedh - No child

No Child

Another version

Pratapendra (supposedly ruled for 10,000 years)

Pratapendra's son was Mandaleek

Mandaleek's son was Vijayendra

Vijayendra's son was Dhanurdeept

::Shakrahotra came again on Earth at the order of Indra along with Ghritachi Apsara. He defeated Dhanurdeept and ruled Earth.

Shakrahotra's son was Hasti and ruled from Ghritachi for 10,000 years. Hasti rode the son of Airavat elephant and built a city named Hastinapur in his name. This city was 10 Yojanas long and situated on the bank of Swarganga.

Hasti - Ajmeedh - Raksha

Hasti's son was Ajmeedh.

Ajmeedh's son was Rakshpal

Rakshpal's son was Sushamyarn

Sushamyarn's son was Kuru. He went to heaven swarga loka with his physical body because of a boon from Indra.

Kuru Vansha

After the second leg of Dwapara yuga was over, Sukeshi came to Earth and married Kuru. He built Kurukshetra, which was 20 Yojanas long.It is the most popular and powerful dynasty in the history of world.

Kuru (supposedly ruled for 12,000 yrs)

Kuru's son was Jahnu

Jahnu's son was Surath

Surath's son was Vidoorath

Vidoorath's son was Sarvbhaum

Sarvbhaum's son was Jayasen

Jayasen's son was Arnav (ruled for 12,000 yrs) who spread his kingdom to the four seas.

Arnav's son was Ayutayu (ruled for 10,000)

Ayutayu's son was Akrodhan

Akrodhan's son was Riksh

Riksh's son was Bheemsen

Bheemsen's son was Dileep

Dileep's son was Prateep (ruled for 5,000 yrs)

Prateep's son was Shantanu (ruled for 1,000 yrs)

[Shantanu's[[[ son was Vichitraveerya (ruled for 200 yrs)

* Shantanu's eldest born was [[Bhishma but he took an oath to not rule and let his younger brother rule.

Vichitraveerya's son was Pandu (ruled for 500 yrs)

Pandu's son was Yudhishthir (ruled for 50 yrs).

Duryodhan (Dhritrashtra's son) ruled for 60 years and was killed by Yudhishthir's brother Bheemsen in Kurukshetra.

.]] In ancient times, Daityas were also killed in a huge number by Devas. All Daityas were reborn in Shantanu's kingdom. Destroyed by Duryodhan's army, Prithvi went to Indra and then Hari (Krishna), who took Avatar (Incarnation) in Vasudev and Devaki's house. He lived on Prithvi for 135 years, then went to His Go Lok.*

Note - Different Puranas tell different ages of Krishna, especially Mahabharat, Bhagvat, Harivansh, Vishnu, Brahma Vaivart and Garg Sanhita also describe His life in detail. Most books tell His age as 125 years. Krishna's avatar was in the end of fourth leg of Dwapar Yuga.

After Yudhishthir - Post Mahabharata

Abhimanyu's son was Pareekshit

Parikshit's son was Janamejaya

Janamejaya's son was Shatanek

Shatanek's son was Yagyadat (Sahastranek)

Yagyadat's son was Nishchakra. During his rule, Ganges flowed away from Hastinapur, therefore he made Kaushambi which was 4 Yojan long and west to Prayag, as his capital. [Vishnu Purana, 4/15]

Nishchakra's son was Ushtrapal (Ushtrapal)

Ushtrapal's son was Chitrarath

Chitrarath's son was Dhritiman

Dhritiman's son was Sushen

Sushen's son was Sunith

Sunith's son was Makhpal

Makhpal's son was Chakshu

Chakshu's son was Sukhvant (Sukhaval)

Sukhvant's son was Pariplav

Pariplav's son was Sunaya

Sunaya's son was Medhavi

Medhavi's son was Nripanjaya

Nripanjaya's son was Madu

Madu's son was Tigmjyoti

Tigmjyoti's son was Brihdrath

Brihdrath's son was Vasudan

Vasudan's son was Shatanek

Shatanek's son was Udayan

Udayan's son was Ahenar

Ahenar's son was Niramitra

Niramitra's son was Kshemak

Kshemak abandoned his kingdom and went to Kalapgram. He was killed by Mlechchhs. By the grace of Narad he had a son named Pradyot. Prodyot did Mlechchh Yagya in which many Mlechchhs were killed.

After Yudhishthir - Post Mahabharata (Version 2)

Some names are common in both lists and occur at same descendancy from Yudhishthira. So Basically both lists are same but few names are different. Kings had many names in those days. For Example: Pandava Arjuna, grandfather of Parikshit and younger brother of Yudhishthir had 20 names - see Names of Arjuna, Lord Krishna had 108 names.

*Names of Kuru Emperor - Years - Months - Days

Yudhisthir 36 8 25 , adopted grandson of his brother Arjuna.

Parikshita 60 0 0

Janamejaya 84 7 23

Ashwamedha 82 8 22

Rama II 88 2 8

Chhatra Mala 81 11 27

Chitraratha 75 3 18

Dushtashailya 75 10 24

Ugrasena 78 7 21

Shurasena 78 7 21

Bhuvanapati 69 5 5

Ranajita 65 10 4

Rikshaka 64 7 4

Sukhdeva 62 0 24

Naraharideva 51 10 2

Suchiratha 42 11 2

Shurasena II 58 10 8

Parvatasena 55 8 10

Medhavi 52 10 10

Sonachira 50 8 21

Bhimadeva 47 9 20

Nriharideva 45 11 23

Purnamala 44 8 7

Karadavi 44 10 8

Alammika 50 11 8

Udayapala 38 9 0

Duvanamala 40 10 26

Damata 32 0 0

Shimpala 58 5 8

Kshemaka 48 11 21

Vrishni Vansha

At that time, in Satwat Vansh, there was the king named Vrishni who ruled for 5,000 yrs because of a boon from Vishnu.

*Vrishni's son was Niravritti (5,000 yrs)

Niravritti's son was Dashari (5,000 yrs)

Dashari's son was Viyamun (5,000 yrs)

Viyamun's son was Jeemoot (5,000 yrs)

Jeemoot's son was Vikriti (5,000 yrs)

Vikriti's son was Bheemarath (5,000 yrs)

Bheemarath's son was Navarath (5,000 yrs)

Navarath's son was Dasharath (5,000 yrs)

Dasharath's son was Shakuni (5,000 yrs)

Shakuni's son was Kushumbh (5,000 yrs)

Kushumbh's son was Devarath (5,000 yrs)

Devarath's son was Devkshatra (5,000 yrs)

Devkshatra's son was Madhu (5,000 yrs)

Madhu's son was Navarath (5,000 yrs)

Navarath's son was Kuruvats (5,000 yrs).

By this time, 5,000 × 16 = 80,000 years had passed.

*Kuruvats' son was Anurath (5,000 yrs)

Anurath's son was Puruhotra (5,000 yrs)

Puruhotra's son was Vichitrang (5,000 yrs)

Vichitrang's son was Satwatvan (5,000 yrs)

Satwatvan's son was Bhajman (5,000 yrs)

Bhajman's son was Vidoorath (5,000 yrs)

Vidoorath's son was Surbhakt (5,000 yrs)

Surbhakt's son was Sumana (5,000 yrs).

By this time, 5,000 × 8 = 40,000 years had passed.

Sumana's son was Tatikshetra

Tatikshetra's son was Swayambhuv

Swayambhuv's son was Harideepak

Harideepak's son was Devmedha

Devmedha's son was Surpal—The Second leg of Treta Yug ended here.

Nahush -> Yayati -> Line 2 - Yadu's Vansha

Yadu - had four sons | ------------------------------------- | | | | Sahasrajit Kroshtu Nala Raghu | Śatajit ------------------ | | | Haihaya, Veńu and Haya. | Dharmanetra | Kuntí | Sáhanji | Mahishmat | Bhadrasena | Durdama | Dhanaka ----------------------------------- | | | | Kritavíryya, Kritágni, Kritavarman, Kritaujas.

* Kritavíryya's son was Arjuna (Kartavirya_Arjuna), the sovereign of the seven Dwípas, the lord of a thousand arms. This prince propitiated the sage Dattátreya, the descendant of Atri, who was a portion of Vishńu, and solicited and obtained from him these boons—a thousand arms; never acting unjustly; subjugation of the world by justice, and protecting it equitably; victory over his enemies; and death by the hands of a person renowned in the three regions of the universe. With these means he ruled over the whole earth with might and justice, and offered ten thousand sacrifices. At the expiration of his long reign Kártavírya was killed by Parashurama who was an embodied portion of the mighty Náráyańa (11).

* Of the hundred sons of this king Arjuna the five principal were: Śúra, Śúrasena, Vrishańa, Madhu, and Jayadhwaja.

The son of the Jayadhwaja was Tálajangha, who had a hundred sons, called after him Tálajanghas: the eldest of these was Vítihotra; another was Bharata, who had two sons, Vrisha and Sujátí.

The son of Vrisha was Madhu ; he had a hundred sons, the chief of whom was Vrishni, and from him the family obtained the name of Vrishńi. From the name of their father, Madhu, they were also called Mádhavas; whilst from the denomination of their common ancestor Yadu, the whole were termed Yadavas (20).

Yadu -> Kroshtu -> to Lord Krishna

Yadu's other son was Kroshtu (60,000 yrs)

Kroshtu's son was Vrijinaghn (20,000 yrs)

Vrijinaghn's son was Swaharchan

Swaharchan's son was Chitrarth

Chitrarath's son was Arvind (or Sasabindu)

Arvind's son was Shravas (a.k.a. - Prithushravas - one of a million sons)

Shravas' son was Tamas

Tamas' son was Ushan

Ushan's son was Sheetanshu (Siteyu)

Sheetanshuk's son was Kamalanshu (a.k.a. - Rukmakavacha, Ruchaka)

Kamalanshu's son was Paravat

Paravat's son was Jyamagh

Jyamagh's son was Vidarbh

Vidarbh's son was Krath

Krath's son was Kuntibhoja, who married the daughter of Puru-daitya who lived in Patal.

Kuntibhoj's son Vrishparva [Vrishni](10,000), was a great devotee of Devi. He ruled in Pratishthanpur (Jhansi) of Prayag.

Nivriti

dasarha

Vyoman

Jimutt

Vikritti

Bheemrath

Navrath

Dasrath

Sakuni

Karambhi

Devrath

Devakshattra

Madhu

Anavaratha

Kuruvatsa

Anarath

Puruhotra

Ansu

Satwata

Andhaka (had six brothers)

Bhajaan (Vajrman)

Vidurath

Sura

Samin

Pratikshattra

Swayambhoja

Hridika

Devamidusha

Sura

Vasudeva (and 9 brothers)

*Krishna

*Vasudeva

EXTINCT in great internal feud

Krishna

Pradyumna (see Bhati)

Jadon (Yadava) lineage

as]] Of the many branches of the Chandravansh line that has been briefly enumerated, the Yadava lineage is a major branch. This branch is an offshoot of the Bharatvansh which started with the eldest son of Yayati, Yadu. All his descendants are known as Yadavas of Yaduvansh, meaning descendants of Yadu. Another son of Yayati, Puru started the Puruvansh who were the progenitors of the Kuru and Pandava line of Chandravanshi line of Kshatriyas. Based on the writings of Puranas, the Itihaasa Mahabharata and the Raghuvamsa, Lord Krishna was born into the Yadava branch and is considered an ancestor by Yadav Kshatriyas. During the Mahabharat, Chandravansh was only associated with Yadavas and Shoorsainis ^{(explain how?)}. The Bhati, Chandela who built Khajuraho) and Jadaun/Jadeja clans claim that they are Chandravansis. Several Indian castes such as the Sainis of Punjab and contiguous regions, and the Jats of Mathura and Bharatpur, claim descent from the Yaduvanshi lineage. claim descent from the Hindu God Krishna.

Major cities of Famous Chandravanshi Kings

Rohtas

Champapura in Bhagalpur was founded by Sahasra Arjuna, of the Haihaya tribe. This was Mahishmati on the Nerbudda, still existing in Maheswar. The rivalry between the Lunar race and that of the Suryas of Ayodhya, in whose aid the priesthood armed, and expelled Sahasra Arjuna from Mahishmati, has been mentioned. A small branch of these ancient Haihayas yet exist in the line of the Nerbudda, near the very top of the valley at Sohagpur, in Baghelkhand, aware of their ancient lineage ; and, though few in number, are still celebrated for their valour.*

Dwarka

Kusasthali Dwarka, the capital of Krishna, was founded prior to Prayag, to Surpur, or Mathura. The Bhagavat purana attributes the foundation of the city to Anrita, the brother of Ikshwaku, of the Solar race, but states not how or when the Yadus became possessed thereof.

The ancient annals of the Jaisalmer family of the Yadu or Jadon stock give the priority of foundation to Prayag, next to Mathura, and last to Dwarka. All these cities are too well known to require description ; especially Prayag, at the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges. The Prasioi were the descendants of Puru's of Prayag, visited by Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleucus, and the principal city of the Yadus, ere it sent forth the four branches from Satwata. At Prayag resided the celebrated Bharat, the son of Sakuntala.

Surpur

We are assured by Alexander's historians that the country and people round Mathura, when he invaded India, were termed Surasenoi. There are two princes of the name of Sursen in the immediate ancestry of Krishna ; one his grandfather, the other eight generations anterior Which of these founded the capital Surpur,1 whence the country and inhabitants had their appellation, we cannot say Mathura and Cleisobara are mentioned by the historians of Alexander as the chief cities of the Surasenoi. Though the Greeks sadly disfigure names, we cannot trace any affinity between Cleisobara and Surpur.

Hastinapur

The city of Hastinapur was built by Hastin a name celebrated in the Lunar dynasties. The name of this city is still preserved on the Ganges, about forty miles south of Hardwar where the Ganges breaks through the Shiwalik mountains and enters the plains of India. This mighty stream, rolling its masses of waters from the glaciers of the Himalaya, and joined by many auxiliary streams, frequently carries destruction before it. In one night a column of thirty feet in perpendicular height has been known to bear away all within its sweep, and to such an occurrence the capital of Hastin is said to have owed its ruin.

Hastin sent forth three grand branches, Ajamidha, Dvimidha, and Purumidha. Of the two last we lose sight altogether ; but Ajamidha's progeny spread over all the northern parts of India, in the Panjab and across the Indus. The period, probably one thousand six hundred years before Christ.

Panchala

From Ajamidha in the fourth generation, was Bajaswa, who obtained possessions towards the Indus, and whose five sons gave their name, Panchala, to the Panjab, or space watered by the five rivers. The capital founded by the younger brother, Kampila, was named Kampilnagara.*

The descendants of Ajamidha by his second wife, Kesini, founded another kingdom and dynasty, celebrated in the heroic history of Northern India. This is the Kausika dynasty.

Kannauj

Kusha had four sons, two of whom, Kushanabha and Kushambha, are well known to traditional history, and by the still surviving cities founded by them. Kushanabha founded the city of Mahodaya on the Ganges, afterwards changed to Kanyakubja, or Kanauj, which maintained its celebrity until the Muhammadan invasion of Shihabu-d-din (a.d. 1193), when this overgrown city was laid prostrate for ever. It was not unfrequently called Gadhipura, or the ' city of Gadhi.' Kusamba also founded a city, called after his own name - Kausambi. The other sons built two capitals, Dharmaranya and Vasumati.

Rajgriha and Hastinapur

#Kuru had two sons, Sudhanush and Parikhshit. The descendants of the former terminated with Jarasandha, whose capital was Rajagriha (the modern Rajmahal) on the Ganges, in the province of Bihar. #From Parikhshita descended the monarchs Santanu and Balaka : the first producing the rivals of the Great War, Yudhishthira and Duryodhana ; the other the Balakaputras. #Duryodhana, the successor to the throne of Kuru. resided at the ancient capital, Hastinapura; while the junior branch, Yudhishthira, founded Indraprastha, on the Yamuna or Jumna, which name in the eighth century was changed to Delhi. #The sons of Balaka founded two kingdoms : Palibothra, on the lower Ganges; and Aror on the eastern bank of the Indus, founded by Sahl. Aror, or Alor, was the capital of Sind in remote antiquity : a bridge over the stream which branched from the Indus, near Dara, is almost the sole vestige of this capital of the Sogdoi of Alexander

Uru or Turvasu lineage Kingdoms

One great arm of the tree of Yayati remains unnoticed, that of Uru or Urvasu, written by others Turvasu. Uru was the father of a line of kings who founded several empires. #Virupa, the eighth prince from Uru, had eight sons, two of whom are particularly mentioned as sending forth two grand shoots, ##Druhyu and Bhabru. From Druhyu a dynasty was established in the north. Aradwat, with his son Gandhara, is stated to have founded a State : Prachetas is said to have become king of Mlecchhades, or the barbarous regions. This line terminated with Dushyanta, the husband of the celebrated Sakuntala, father of Bharat, and who, labouring under the displeasure of some offended deity, is said by the Hindus to have been the cause of all the woes which subsequently befell the race. The four grandsons of Dushyanta, Kalanjar, Keral, Pand, and Chaul, gave their names to countries.

Kalanjar

Kalanjar is the celebrated fortress in Bundelkhand, so well known for its antiquities, which have claimed considerable notice.

Kerala

Of the second, Kerala, it is only known that in the list of the thirty-six royal races in the twelfth century, the Kerala makes one, but the capital is unknown.

Pandya

The kingdom founded by Pand may be that on the coast of Malabar, the Pandu-Mandal of the Hindus, the Regia Pandiona of the geographers of the west, and of which, probably, Madurai is the modern capital.

Chaul

Chaul is in the Saurashtra peninsula, and on the coast, towards Jagat Khunt,' the world's end,' and still retains its appellation

Angades

Anga.—The other shoot from Bhabru became celebrated. The thirty-fourth prince, Anga, founded the kingdom of Angadesa, of which. Champapuri was the capital, established about the same tune with Kanauj, probably fifteen hundred years before Christ. With him the patronymic was changed, and the Anga race became famous in ancient Hindu history ; and to this day Angdes still designates the Alpine regions of Tibet bordering on Chinese Tartary.

Prithvisena terminates the line of Anga; and as he survived the disasters of the Mahabharata War, his race probably multiplied in those regions, where caste appears never to have been introduced.

See also

Pal-Pali

Ahir

Yaduvanshi Ahirs

Harral

Varma

Jadhav

Rawal Jaisal

Bharatpur, India

List of Dhangar clans in India

Bhati

Gawli

Yadu

Ahirwar/Aharwar

Kshatriyas

Martial Races

Rajput Clans

Tomara

Krishna

Arjuna

References

(7) Bhavishya Purana, by B.K. Chaturvedi, page 60. (8) Genealogical tables of the deities, princes, heroes, and remarkable personages, of the Hindus, with an intr. and index, by F. Hamilton, page 111. (9) Encyclopaedia of Hinduism, Volume 7, By N.K. Singh, page 77.

External links

Vishnu Purana

ShauryaPratapi Chandravansh - A Gujarati Novel

gotra: Encyclopedia Britannica

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