Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.99
Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.99
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c10.99
The converse also occurred: mythology was not only freely brought into tales but was also turned into history. Thus Śiva and Pārvatī are introduced into the account of the long war between the Haihayas and the kings of Kāśī⁸ dealt with in chapter XIII; and Indra into the story of Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra and Triśaṅku and that of Hariścandra and Rohita mentioned above.⁹ The aitihāsikas also, pushing their method to an extreme, declared that the Aśvins were two kings.¹
Linked texts (4)
- Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit
- Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit