[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) › c19.34 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.34 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.34 - **Language:** English ### [c19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.34) There is a story that connects the Yādavas and Rāma of Ayodhyā. It is prefaced by a spurious genealogy noticed in chapter X, but the material passage¹ appears to contain genuine tradition because it is corroborated elsewhere and explains the name of the country Śūrasena. It gives these descendants of the great Yādava king Madhu,² namely, Mādhava, his son Satvata, his son Bhīma and his son Andhaka, and these tally with the genealogical version Satvant, Sātvata, and Andhaka. It says Bhīma Sātvata was contemporary with Rāma; Rāma’s brother Śatrughna killed the Yādava Lavaṇa, cut down the forest Madhuvana and built the city Mathurā there; when Rāma and his brothers died, Bhīma recovered the city; and Andhaka reigned there contemporary with Rāma’s son Kuśa at Ayodhyā. The genealogies say that Śatrughna killed the Mādhava Lavaṇa, went to Madhuvana, built Mathurā and reigned there with his two sons Subāhu and Śūrasena.³ Here then we have Satvant and Bhīma contemporary with Rāma, and Andhaka with Kuśa. - [Previous: c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.33) - [Next: c19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.35) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19) ## Linked texts (11) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.11.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.11.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.213.137) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa.15.2) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.4.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.7.62.6) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.34) · Pramāṇa