Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c9.26

c9.26

The Viṣṇu and Bhāgavata in their accounts speak of Parīkṣit as reigning and his successors as future in the Paurava line,³ but treat the first kings of Ayodhyā and Magadha after that battle, who were his contemporaries, as future.⁴ These two Puranas thus make ‘the future’ begin some thirty years after the battle as regards Parīkṣit, but immediately after the battle as regards the two other dynasties. The Garuḍa speaks of Janamejaya as reigning in the Paurava line and his successors as future, but apparently treats ‘the future’ in the two other dynasties as beginning after that battle.⁵