[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) › c15.13 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c15.13 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c15.13 - **Language:** English ### [c15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15.13) An excellent instance of a spurious genealogy is the account of the Yādavas in the Harivamśa (94, 5138 f.). It says Madhu, a king who reigned from Madhuvana on the river Jumna to Surāṣṭra and Ānarta (Gujarat), was descended from Yadu and Yayāti (5164). His daughter married Haryaśva, a scion of the Aikṣvāku race, and their son was Yadu, and from this Yadu were descended the Yādavas (5180, 5191). It thus makes Madhu both a Yādava and also grandfather of Yadu the ancestor of the Yādavas. It says the Yadu race thus issued from the Ikṣvāku race (5239), although it acknowledges that Madhu was already a Yādava, and introduces the further absurdity that this Yadu was like his ancestor Pūru (5176). Lastly, it styles Madhu a Daitya (5143) and a Dānava (5157),² although it acknowledges he was of the Lunar race (5165). The whole story is a mass of absurd confusion; and the confusion is carried on into the accounts of this Yadu's five sons (95, 5205 f.), except the short passage (5242-8) which appears to contain genuine tradition because it is corroborated elsewhere (see chapter XIV). - [Previous: c15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15.12) - [Next: c15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15.14) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15) ## Cites (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15.13) · Pramāṇa