[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) › c29.206 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.206 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.206 - **Language:** English ### [c29.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.206) Such seems to have remained the condition of India for some time. Ayodhyā rose to prominence again under Amśumant’s second successor Bhagīratha,⁵ and Bhagīratha’s third successor Ambarīṣa Nābhāgi⁶ (pp. 39–41). The Yādavas appear to have been divided up into a number of small kingdoms,⁷ and at the western end of the Satpura hills was the small principality of Niṣadha, the king of which about this time was Nala.⁸ Bharata’s fifth successor Hastin made Hastināpura his capital (see above), and soon after Hastin’s time Tṛṇabindu’s second successor Viśāla built Viśālā or Vaiśālī⁹ as the capital of the kingdom which has been hitherto called the kingdom of Vaiśālī in anticipation. - [Previous: c29.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.205) - [Next: c29.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.207) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.206) · Pramāṇa