The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.9

v2.c29.s2.9

It will be observed from this table that the list leaves out some mythical kings who figure in the genealogy of the Gorakhpur branches. With one exception,¹ most of the inscriptions omit to mention Haihaya or the Haihayas before Arjuna, while the Khairha plates of Yaśaḥkarṇa, make Kārtavīrya 'the ancestor of the family of these Haihaya princes.'² But the most serious difference seems to be the inclusion of Bharata in the genealogy of the Haihayas. This Bharata cannot be the Paurava Bharata Dauṣyanti, because he flourished after Arjuna. It is likely that the *praśastikāras* meant the 'mythical king of that name after whom (it is said) India was called Bhāratavarṣa.'³ In the Epic and Purāṇic lists of the Yādava Haihayas also, the name of Bharata does not occur.⁴