[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) › c19.11 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.11 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.11) The story about Lopāmudrā and Agastya goes on to make three kings, Śrutarvan, Bradhnaśva and Trasadasyu Paurukutsa their contemporaries,⁶ but it gives no particulars about the first two and wrongly says Trasadasyu was of the Ikṣvāku race, for Trasadasyu the Aikṣvāku was far earlier than Sagara, who was a younger contemporary of Vidarbha as shown above. The synchronisms (infra) show that the later Trasadasyu Paurukutsa (p. 133), who was a Bhārata, was a contemporary of Ṛkṣa and a younger contemporary of Divodāsa’s father Vadhryaśva. A king Śrutarvan Ārkṣa, ‘son of Ṛkṣa,’ is mentioned,⁷ and the two Ṛkṣas are probably the same.⁸ Hence the Bhārata Trasadasyu, Vadhryaśva and Śrutarvan were practically contemporaries, and Böhtlingk and Roth’s conjecture that Bradhnaśva is an error for Vadhryaśva seems right. A synchronism then inferred from the Rigveda has been wrongly attached to Agastya and Lopāmudrā,¹ who were considerably earlier as shown, and the two Trasadasyus have been confused. This is a spurious synchronism, a brahmanical addition to glorify Agastya, and reveals the lack of the historical sense. - [Previous: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.10) - [Next: c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.12) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.11) · Pramāṇa