[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) › c29.104 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.104 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.104 - **Language:** English ### [c29.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.104) Māndhātṛ had three sons, Purukutsa, Ambariṣa and Mucukunda.⁴ Tradition suggests that Māndhātṛ or his sons carried their arms south to the river Narmadā.⁵ Purukutsa’s wife was named Narmadā;⁶ and a fable says that the Nāgas induced him through the river’s mediation to destroy the Mauneya Gandharvas, who had despoiled them.⁷ Moreover Mucukunda, who was a famous king (p. 93), appears to be the Mucukunda whom the Harivaṃśa describes in an erroneous setting. He built and fortified a town on the rocky bank of that river, at the foot of both the Vindhya and Ṛkṣa (Satpura) ranges, that is, at a place where the two ranges approach the river. It was Māhiṣmatī,⁸ the modern Māndhātā on an island in the river.⁹ He also built a spacious town named Purikā on the south bank near the Ṛkṣa range. They were his capitals. His kingdom did not survive long, as will appear. - [Previous: c29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.103) - [Next: c29.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.105) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) ## Cites (2) - [Mandhata](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mandhata) - [Mahishmati](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mahishmati) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.104) · Pramāṇa