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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.3

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.3

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c9.s3.3

Was there really a king named Parikshit? True, he is mentioned in the *Mahābhārata* and the *Purāṇas*. But the mere mention of a king in this kind of literature is no sure proof of his historical existence unless we have corroborative evidence from external sources.