[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c10.49 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.49 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.49 - **Language:** English ### [c10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.49) Secondly, the brahmans confused kings, rishis and others with mythological persons of the same names, for names were common to both then as down even to modern times.¹ A few instances of such confusion may be noticed here. Bṛhaspati, the Āṅgirasa rishi, who lived just before Bharata’s time,² is confused with the divine priest Bṛhaspati.³ Madhu, the great Yādava king,⁴ from whom Kṛṣṇa obtained the patronymic Mādhava, is called a Daitya, a Dānava and an asura,⁵ being apparently confused with the demon Madhu whom Viṣṇu killed. Such cases of confusion led to the fabrication of brahmanical fables, and not a few other fables may be suspected to have arisen through similar misunderstanding. - [Previous: c10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.48) - [Next: c10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.50) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.49) · Pramāṇa