Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.452

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c7.452

The Jaina legends connect the sons of Pāṇḍu with the Pāṇḍya country of the south with Mathurā or Madhurā (modern Madoura) as its capital. Dr. Barnett rightly observes ‘The Pāṇḍiyans, however, were not Pāṇḍavas, and the Jaina identification of the two dynasties is probably based on popular etymology. A like attempt to connect the two families occurs in the Tamil chronicle given in Taylor’s Oriental Historical MSS. (Vol. I, pp. 195ff.) which states that Madura at the time of the Bhārata war was ruled by Babhruvāhana, the son of Arjuna by the daughter of the Pāṇḍiyan king of Madurā. The Mahābhārata on the other hand makes Babhruvāhana, the son of Arjuna by Citrāṅgadā, the daughter of Citravāhana, the king of Manipura’.

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