Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c11.29

c11.29

The Kūrma account is a composite production. Now and again it has a few lines like the Vāyu text,⁴ and like the Matsya text,⁵ in the Aikṣvāku genealogy, but it follows the Matsya rather, where they differ. It is a late composition and shows brahmanical features; thus it omits most of the Vāyu’s tales and introduces brahmanical fabrications instead: for instance, it makes Gautama (who was far later) a contemporary of Yuvanāśva I,⁶ and tells long fables about king Vasumanas⁷ and the Haihaya kings Jayadhvaja and Durjaya.⁸