Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c13.s1.7

c13.s1.7

This conclusion is confirmed when the lists are examined in detail. We may first notice what are undoubted omissions in the Rāmāyaṇa list. It omits Purukutsa and his son Trasadasyu, but they were kings of this line as the Mahābhārata knows.³ It omits Hariścandra and his son Rohita, yet brahmanical books testify to both.⁴ Again it omits Ṛtuparṇa, though he is mentioned in the story of Nala.⁵ Also it omits Sudāsa, yet admits his existence by calling Kalmāṣapāda Saudāsa in its second list, and contradicts itself by saying Kalmāṣapāda was son of Raghu; and the Mahābhārata declares he was son of Sudāsa.⁶ It omits Aśmaka, who according to that epic was Kalmāṣapāda’s son.⁷ As regards all these kings the Puranas name them and are corroborated by the other authorities mentioned above.