Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t2.45

v1.c17.s2.t2.45

Harischandra.—The first commences with a celebrated name of the Solar line, Harischandra, son of Trisanku, still proverbial for his humility.¹ He is the twenty-fourth,² and declared contemporary of Parasurama, who slew the celebrated Sahasra-Arjuna ³ of the Haihaya (Lunar) race, Prince of Mahishmati on the Nerbudda. This is confirmed by the Ramayana, which details the destruction of the military class and assumption of political power by the Brahmans, under their chief Parasurama, marking the period when the military class ‘lost the umbrella of royalty,’ and, as the Brahmans ridiculously assert, their purity of blood. This last, however, their own books sufficiently contradict, as the next synchronism will show.