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# Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.112

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.112

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### [c29.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.112)

¹ After him the Ganges which flowed through his territory was named Jāhnavī. But a fable is told to explain it, Vā 91, 54–8 : Bḍ iii, 66, 25–8 : Br 10, 15–19; 13, 83–6 : Hv 27, 1417–21; 32, 1757–61 : Viṣ iv, 7, 2–3 : Bhāg ix, 15, 3 : MBh xiii, 4, 202. Bḍ iii, 56, 44–8 an anachronism.

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## Cites (7)

- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.15.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.66.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.10.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.29.54) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.7.2) — Sanskrit
- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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