Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c25.s1.14

c25.s1.14

The next Kāśyapa was the progenitor of the Śāṇḍilyas.⁹ His position is not known, but they existed in the time of Dilīpa II Khaṭvāṅga, king of Ayodhyā, because an old verse says that a Śāṇḍilya sacrificed for him;¹⁰ and they would be even earlier, if the statement is reliable, that Bhūmanyu, probably the Paurava king, gave food to a Śāṇḍilya.¹¹ These allusions show that the genealogy is wrong if it means, as it seems to mean, that the Śāṇḍilyas sprang from Asita or Devala, who were far later.