[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) › c22.9 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.9 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.9 - **Language:** English ### [c22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.9) The vaṃśa of the Bhārgavas is set out in Vāyu 65, 72–96, Brahmāṇḍa iii, 1, 73–100 and Matsya 195, 11–46. The first two give the best genealogical account; the third is fullest as regards names and gotras. Brief accounts are also found in the Mahābhārata.⁷ The Vāyu and Brahmāṇḍa texts collated are treated here as the genealogy. It shows that real tradition has been mixed up with mythology, Uśanas-Śukra is identified with the planet Venus, and among Bhṛgu's offspring are included gods and semi-divine personages. The Matsya account says Bhṛgu married Puloman's daughter Divyā, and by her the twelve Bhṛgu gods,⁸ Cyavana and Apnavāna; Apnavāna's son was Aurva and his son was Jamadagni. The best Mahābhārata account⁹ says Bhṛgu had two sons, Śukra-Kavi-Graha¹⁰ who was guru of the Daityas and gods (sura), and Cyavana; Cyavana married Manu's daughter Āruṣī and had a son Aurva; Aurva's son was Ṛcīka, who had a hundred sons, the eldest of whom was Jamadagni; and Jamadagni had four sons of whom Rāma was the youngest. The other Mahābhārata passages will be considered separately. - [Previous: c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.8) - [Next: c22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.10) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22) ## Cites (4) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.195) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.9) · Pramāṇa