Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c8.77

c8.77

Bhagīratha,¹ Bharata,² and Marutta,³ and a fifth, Kārtavīrya, that is, Arjuna Kārtavīrya of the Haihaya line, who was a very famous monarch and is called both a samrāj and a cakravartin.⁴ Other lists name as kings of wide sway,⁵ Dilīpa, Nṛga,⁶ Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa and Māndhātṛ: as kings of high renown,⁷ Pṛthu Vainya, Ikṣvāku, Yayāti,⁸ Ambarīṣa, Śivi Uśīnara,⁹ Ṛṣabha Aila, Nṛga, Kuśika, Gādhi,¹⁰ Somaka¹¹ and Dilipa: and as kings of great magnificence,¹² Rantideva,¹³ Nābhāga (Ambarīṣa), Yauvanāśva (Māndhātṛ), Pṛthu Vainya, Bhagīratha, Yayāti, Nahuṣa and Hariścandra.¹⁴