Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c19.5

c19.5

Next are some synchronisms connected with Lopāmudrā. She was daughter of a king of Vidarbha,¹ and married Agastya.² The king is called Vaidarbha, ‘son (or descendant) of Vidarbha’; and is named Nimi twice.³ No king of this name occurs in the Vidarbha genealogy (chapter XII, Table), but he was obviously a son or near descendant of Vidarbha, and Nimi is probably a misreading of Bhīma,⁴ another name of Vidarbha’s son Kratha, or perhaps the name of another son. By Lopāmudrā’s favour Alarka, king of Kāśi, grandson of Pratardana, had, it is said, a very long and prosperous reign.⁵ Agastya and she were thus contemporary with Alarka, and were two or three generations below Vidarbha and Pratardana. These synchronisms harmonize with those deduced about those kings in chapter XIII.