Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.69

c9.s7.69

Hariśchandra¹⁰ figures in the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*¹¹ and is styled Aikshvāka. Rohita, the son of Hariśchandra¹² is also alluded to in the same *Brāhmaṇa*¹³. Bhagīratha¹⁴ figures prominently in the *Jaiminīya Upanishad Brāhmaṇa* under the slightly different name of Bhageratha¹⁵ and is called Aikshvāka and ‘*Ekarāṭ*’ (sole ruler). Under the name of Bhajeratha he is probably referred to in the *Ṛig-Veda*¹⁶ itself. Ambarīsha¹⁷ is mentioned in the same *Veda*.¹⁸ The name Ṛituparṇa¹⁹ finds mention in a Brāhmaṇa-like passage of the *Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra*.²⁰ Daśaratha and Rāma²¹ bear names that are known to the *Ṛig-Veda*.²² But these personages and a few others mentioned above are not connected in the Vedic texts with the Ikshvāku family or with Kosala.