[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) › c18.71 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c18.71 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c18.71 - **Language:** English ### [c18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.71) Next, there is a story about the famous Paurava king, Duṣyanta’s son Bharata, and Bharadvāja.⁴ Bharata had three wives and sons by them; they killed their sons because he was disappointed in them, and he was thus bereft of heirs. In order to obtain a son he performed many sacrifices and lastly made an offering to the Maruts; they gave him⁵ Bṛhaspati’s son Bharadvāja as an adopted son. Bharadvāja thus became a kṣatriya; he did not succeed Bharata, but begot a son named Vitatha; Bharata then died. Bharadvāja afterwards consecrated Vitatha as the successor, and then either died or departed to the forest.⁶ This is a very remarkable - [Previous: c18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.70) - [Next: c18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.72) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.71) · Pramāṇa