[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) › c24.19 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.19 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.19 - **Language:** English ### [c24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.19) Dīrghatamas was set adrift in the Ganges and carried down to the country called Aṅga afterwards. He lived there and married a śūdra woman,⁷ to whom the name Uśij appears to be wrongly attributed (p. 161). She is called Auśinarī.⁸ By her he had Kakṣīvant and other sons. He gained his sight and assumed the name Gautama or Gotama.⁹ He and his śūdra-born sons went to Girivraja in the country known afterwards as Magadha,¹⁰ and after long austerities they attained brahmanhood there. Kakṣīvant begot many sons who were called the Kuṣmāṇḍa ¹¹ Gautamas, and he must be distinguished from a later Kakṣīvant (infra). Towards the end of his life Dīrghatamas consecrated king Bharata. These particulars have been discussed above (pp. 158, 162). - [Previous: c24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.18) - [Next: c24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.20) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.19) · Pramāṇa