The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c24.38

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But it is clear that documents of this kind can only be used with the greatest caution. To some extent at least they have unquestionably been fabricated in accordance with preconceived opinions. How these pedigrees have been elaborated, even at a comparatively late date, by court poets who sought to magnify the ancient lineage of their lord, may sometimes be seen at a glance. For example, in the genealogy of the Ikshvākus of Kosala the immediate predecessors of Prasenajit, the contemporary of Buddha, are Çākya, Çuddhodana, Siddhārtha, and Rāhula. That is to say, the eponymous hero of Buddha's clan, Buddha's father, Buddha himself, and his son have all been incorporated in the dynastic list of the kings of Kosala².