[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) › c12.17 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.17 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.17 - **Language:** English ### [c12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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. - [Previous: c12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12.16) - [Next: c12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12.18) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12.17) · Pramāṇa