[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) › c23.80 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.80 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.80 - **Language:** English ### [c23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.80) It seems more probable, however, that the same Vasiṣṭha is meant in the three stories, and in that case Saṃvaraṇa’s Vasiṣṭha would not be the same as Sudās’s Vasiṣṭha, but rather a son. If so, there is no name to be assigned to Sudās’s Vasiṣṭha, and Saṃvaraṇa’s Vasiṣṭha would have the name Suvarcas,¹ and would be the ninth ‘Vasiṣṭha’ of note, reckoning Śakti as the eighth. Till this time the Vasiṣṭhas had been almost exclusively connected with Ayodhyā or Videha,² and Sudās’s Vasiṣṭha is the first who was definitely priest to an Aila king.³ It may be suggested that the conquest of Śūrasena and Mathurā by Rāma’s brother Śatrughna (p. 170), a little earlier than Sudās’s reign, may have led some of the Vasiṣṭhas into other kingdoms. Afterwards the Vasiṣṭhas spread elsewhere, and various places were connected with ‘Vasiṣṭha’.⁴ - [Previous: c23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.79) - [Next: c23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.81) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.80) · Pramāṇa