[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) › c11.29 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c11.29 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c11.29 - **Language:** English ### [c11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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 - [Previous: c11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11.28) - [Next: c11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11.30) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11.29) · Pramāṇa