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# Matsyapurana 48.8

Matsyapurāṇa 48.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.48.8)

gandhāraputro dharmastu ghṛtastasyātmajo 'bhavat  
ghṛtācca viduṣo jajñe pracetāstasya cātmajaḥ //

> Gândhâra was the father of Dharma, who begot Dhṛita, the father of Viduṣa, whose son was Prachetâ. Prachetâ was the father of a hundred sons, all of whom ruled as sovereigns in the Mlechha country lying in the north.—8-9.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.48.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.48.8) — English, machine translation

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