[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) › c19.48 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.48 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.48 - **Language:** English ### [c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.48) There is a synchronism between Divodāsa’s and Ṛkṣa’s descendants. Divodāsa’s fifth successor Sudās (Sudāsa, chapter IX) defeated his foes on the Jumna and again defeated Pūru and others in battle on the river Paruṣṇī (modern Ravi);¹ hence he must have driven Pūru out of the Paurava kingdom of Hastināpura first to the Jumna and then as far west as the Ravi. Tradition says that the Paurava Saṃvaraṇa was driven out of Hastināpura by a Pañcāla king and took refuge many years near the river Sindhu, but afterwards with a Vasiṣṭha’s aid recovered his kingdom and established a lordship over all kṣatriya princes,² which means he subdued Pañcāla. The genealogies say Sudāsa’s kingdom declined after his death,³ and the Rigveda shows that Somaka was less opulent than Sudās.⁴ Moreover a Vasiṣṭha was Sudās’s priest,⁵ but there are no hymns by any Vasiṣṭha in honour of his successors. There was also a long gap between Jantu and Pṛṣata, during which N. Pañcāla was dominated by Hastināpura. It is clear then that Sudās drove Saṃvaraṇa out, and that Saṃvaraṇa and his son Kuru conquered Sahadeva or more probably Somaka.⁶ Hence Saṃvaraṇa was a younger contemporary of Sudās and Kuru of Somaka. - [Previous: c19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.47) - [Next: c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.49) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19) ## Linked texts (7) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.13.100) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.50.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.5) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.94) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.4.15.7) — 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.c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19.48) · Pramāṇa