Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.136
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.136
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c9.s3.136
Tradition recorded in the *Kathā-sarit-sāgara* points to a date for the Pārikshitas which is much later than that assigned to them by Purāṇic chroniclers and astronomers of the Gupta Age². It refers to Udayana, king of Kauśāmbī (c. 500 B.C.), as fifth in lineal succession from Parikshit. The evidence is late but the text professes to embody tradition that goes back to Guṇāḍhya who is known to Bāṇa (c. 600 A.D.) and is assigned to the Sātavāhana period.