[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) › c29.85 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.85 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.85 - **Language:** English ### [c29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.85) There is some suggestion that the southern part of the Rajputana desert was still a very shallow sea⁴ in those times, for in the story of the rishi Utaṅka Śrāvasta's second successor Kuvalāśva is said to have killed a Rākṣasa, Daitya or asura, Dhundhu (whence he got the name Dhundhumāra), near a sand-filled sea called Ujjālaka in the desert plains, which mean that desert.⁵ Again, Viśvāmitra performed austerities and attained brahmanhood at Ruṣaṅgu's tīrtha on the R. Sarasvatī, in low lands near the sea (p. 205, note ²). The Sarasvatī would have flowed into that sea. Further, there - [Previous: c29.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.84) - [Next: c29.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.86) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.85) · Pramāṇa