[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) › c23.104 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.104 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.104 - **Language:** English ### [c23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.104) The Matsya says that Parāśara’s descendants composed six pravaras, sub-families, named Gaura, Nīla, Kṛṣṇa, Śveta, Śyāma and Dhūmra;² but the genealogy says they formed eight pakṣas, ‘groups,’ namely, six bearing those six names and two others, which the readings leave doubtful but of which one seems probably Bādarika. - [Previous: c23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.103) - [Next: c23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.105) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.104) · Pramāṇa