Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c14.s2.7

c14.s2.7

The genealogy of the Haihaya branch of the Yādavas is given by twelve Puranas.¹ They all agree generally, except that there are differences and some uncertainty in the account of Tālajaṅgha’s offspring, and there the best texts collated say this—Tālajaṅgha had many sons, called the Tālajaṅghas, of whom the eldest was king Vītihotra: the Haihayas comprised five families, the Vītihotras, Śāryātas,² Bhojas, Avantis and Tuṇḍikeras, who were all Tālajaṅghas:³ Vītihotra’s son was king Ananta, and his son was Durjaya Amitrakarśana. The Brahma and Harivaṃśa give, instead of the last two lines, six other lines,⁴ but these seem doubtful inasmuch as they assign to this branch persons and families who apparently belonged to the other branch.