[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) › c24.2 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.2 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.2 - **Language:** English ### [c24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.2) The mythical founder Aṅgiras has been noticed in chapter XVI, and also the divine priest Bṛhaspati. A vaṃśa of the Āṅgirasas is given by the Brahmāṇḍa and Vāyu, and the Matsya gives a long list of the rishis and gotras.¹ Genealogical statements are found elsewhere but are few and brief. ‘Aṅgiras,’ like the names of the other primaeval rishis, is applied indiscriminately to Āṅgirasa rishis; thus Utathya is so called,² and also Droṇa or his father Bharadvāja.³ The names Bṛhaspati⁴ and Bharadvāja⁵ were also freely used instead of patronymics, as will appear, and are often quite vague. - [Previous: c23.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.134) - [Next: c24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.3) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24.2) · Pramāṇa