Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.17

c12.17

Kṣatravṛddha founded the dynasty of Kāśi (Benares), for the Brahma and Harivaṃśa, though they call him Vṛddhaśarman at first, give his lineage under his name Kṣatravṛddha.¹ From Raji were descended the Rājeya kṣatriyas, who perished (it is said) in a contest with Indra.² Rambha had no sons.³ From Anenas sprang a line called the Kṣatradharmans, whose names as best ascertainable are these—Anenas, Kṣatradharma, Pratikṣatra, Sañjaya, Jaya, Vijaya, Kṛti (or Jaya), Haryatvata, Sahadeva, Adīna, Jayatsena, Saṅkṛti, and Kṛtadharma (or Kṣatradharma).⁴ They seem to have constituted a small dynasty somewhere, but nothing more is said about them: the second of these names became confused with Kṣatravṛddha, and so the Viṣṇu and Garuḍa drop out Anenas and attribute this lineage to Kṣatravṛddha erroneously:⁵ and the last name also became confused with Kṣatravṛddha, whose lineage follows this pedigree, in the Brahma (11, 31), and was wrongly altered to Kṣatravṛddha.