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History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c16.s3: I.—The Chandravamśa Pedigree in Later Chālukya Grants.

History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c16.s3

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I.—The Chandravamśa Pedigree in Later Chālukya Grants.

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The Ranastipundi grant of Vimalāditya (Ep. Ind. Vol. VI p. 351) gives the Chandravamśa as follows: I (1) Brahmā (2) Mānasa son अत्रि (3) Moon (4) बुध (5) पुरूरवा (6) आयु (7) नहुष (8) ययाति चक्रवर्ती वंशकर्ता (9) पूरुचक्रवर्ती (10) जनमेजयाश्वमेधत्रितयस्य कर्ता (11) प्राचीश (12) सैन्ययाति (13) हयपति (14) सार्वभौम (15) जयसेन (16) महाभौम (17) ऐशानक (18) क्रोधानन (19) देवाकि (20) रिचुक्र (21) ऋक्षक (22) मतिनार मत्रयागयाजी सरस्वतीनदीनाथः (23) कात्यायन (24) नील (25) दुष्यन्त (26) भरत गंगायमुनातीरे यद्विच्छिन्नं निखाय यूपान्। कृत्वा तथाश्वमेधान् नाम महाकमे भरल धितियोलभत (27) भुमन्यु (28) सुहोत्र (29) हस्ती (30) विगेचन (31) अजमीढ (32) संवरण from तपनसुता तपती (33) सुधन्वा (34) परीक्षित (35) भीमसेन (36) प्रदीपन् (37) शन्तनु (38) विचित्रवीर्य (39) पाण्डु (40) five sons and अर्जुन praised (41) अभिमन्यु (42) परिक्षित (43) जनमेजया (44) क्षेमुक (45) नरवाहन (46) शतानीक (47) उदयन. II ततःपर तत्प्रभृतिष्वविच्छिन्नसन्तानेष्वयोध्यासिंहासनेष्वेकोनषष्टि चक्रवर्तिषु गतेषु तद्वंश्यो विजयादित्यो नाम etc.

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Now comparing this list with that given in the Mahābhārata we find many names common. But there are some material differences. They are as follows:- Mbh. Ch. 95 gives the line with मनु-इला-पुरूरवा. From him we have आयु-नहुष-ययाति-पुरु. The line then goes to जनमेजया who performed three अश्वमेध. This makes जनमेजया the same as that of the शतपथ but this is a mistake; for the जनमेजया of शतपथ who performed three अश्वमेध is पारीक्षितजनमेजया; while this जनमेजया is son of पुरु. From जनमेजया, we have प्राचिन्वान्-संयाति-अहंयाति. (The सैन्ययाति and हयपति of the inscription are perhaps a mistake of reading). Then we have सार्वभौम-जयसेन-अवाचीन-अरिह-महाभौम.--(In the inscription अवाचीन and अरिह are omitted). Then we have अयुतनायि-अक्रोधन-देवातिथि-अरिह-ऋक्षक-मतिनार (for the first four we have ऐशानक-क्रोधानन, देवाकि and रिचुक्र which does not appear to be a mistake of reading). मतिनार marrying सरस्वती is also mentioned in both. Then we have तंसु-इली-दुष्यन्त-भरत. (Here we have कात्यायन and नील instead of the first two). Bharata performing अश्वमेध on the banks of the Yamunā and the Ganges is mentioned in both and is the story of the शतपथ repeated. From भरत we have भुमन्यु-सुहोत्र-हास्ति-विकुण्ठन-अजमीढ-संवरण-कुरु. (Here we have nearly the same names but strangely there is no कुरु in the inscription). From कुरु we have विडर-अनश्वा-पारिक्षित्-भीमसेन-प्रतीप-शंतनु. (If we take कुरु to be सुधन्वा we have two omitted here विडर and अनश्वा). From शंतनु we have विचित्रवीर्य-पाण्डु-अर्जुन-अभिमन्यु-परीक्षित-जनमेजय. (The names in both are the same). From here there is complete divergence. Mbh. gives जनमेजय शतानीक-अश्वमेधदत्त; while the inscription gives जन०-क्षेमुक-नरवाहन-शतानीक. And from शतानीक the line goes at once to उदयन of the 6th century a contemporary perhaps of बुद्ध, the famous king of कथासरित्सागर whose minister was यौगन्धरायण and who carried away वासवदत्ता daughter of प्रद्योत king of Ujjain. Whence is this genealogy given in the 10th century derived? Of course the difference from Mbh. is not strange. Some Purāṇa must have been followed: which we cannot yet say.

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