Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c18.116

c18.116

Another synchronism is that well known connecting Daśaratha, king of Ayodhyā (Rāma’s father), Sīradhvaja Janaka, king of Videha (Sītā’s father), Daśaratha-Lomapāda,¹ king of Aṅga, the rishi Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, and Pramati (or Sumati ²), king of Vaiśālī. This is declared in the Rāmāyaṇa and is alluded to elsewhere.³ That epic makes an Aśvapati, king of Kaikeya, also contemporary;⁴ and this may be true, though it is not supported elsewhere.⁵