[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) › c29.49 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.49 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.49 - **Language:** English ### [c29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.49) Ikṣvāku, the eldest and chief son, obtained Madhyadeśa,² and was the progenitor of the Solar race or dynasty,³ with its capital at Ayodhyā. There are two versions of the development of his descendants. One found in six Puranas⁴ says—Ikṣvāku had a hundred sons,⁵ chief of whom were the eldest Vikukṣi, and Nimi and Daṇḍa (or Daṇḍaka): of those sons fifty, chief of whom was Śakuni, were kings in Uttarāpatha (N. India) and forty-eight others, chief of whom was Vaśāti, were rulers in Dakṣiṇāpatha (the Dekhan).⁶ Vikukṣi (also named Śaśāda) succeeded Ikṣvāku and reigned at Ayodhyā, and his successor was Kakutstha (p. 93). The other version is given by four Puranas⁷ and runs thus:—Ikṣvāku had a hundred sons of whom the eldest was Vikukṣi⁸ (and, as the Padma says, two others were Nimi and Daṇḍaka). Vikukṣi had fifteen sons who were kings north of Meru, and the 114 others⁹ were kings south of Meru. The eldest (of Vikukṣi's sons) was Kakutstha. The Bhāgavata (ix, 6, 4-5) gives a third version, but it is too late to be worthy of notice. The other Puranas give no such information. - [Previous: c29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.48) - [Next: c29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.50) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.49) · Pramāṇa