Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c13.s2.1

c13.s2.1

This dynasty was descended from Ikṣvāku’s son Nimi (or Nemi)² who is called Videha,³ and so was a branch of the Solar race.⁴ It is given by five Puranas, and its early part down to Sīradhvaja by the Rāmāyaṇa.⁵ All are in substantial agreement down to Sīradhvaja, except that the Garuḍa, as mentioned above, omits the first two kings and makes Udāvasu of this dynasty son of Prasuśruta of Ayodhyā. The Puranas fairly agree about the rest of the genealogy, except that after Śakuni the Viṣṇu, Garuḍa and Bhāgavata insert twelve kings, Añjana to Upagupta, whom the Vāyu and Brahmāṇḍa omit. No doubt these three Puranas are right and the two latter have lost this portion, because the table of genealogies, with the synchronisms, shows that there must have been many more kings than the Vāyu and Brahmāṇḍa have.