The Purana Index v1.c3.s8.6

v1.c3.s8.6

Several Purāṇas contain accounts of genealogies of kings. It is not possible to say which accounts are the oldest and which are reliable. With regard to names of kings and their rule there seems to be some difference of opinion among the Purāṇa writers, though there is general agreement in the majority of cases. An examination of the lists in individual Purāṇas would be of no value to the historian on account of corruptions and omissions and even interpolations. The extant Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, for instance, does not contain the latter half of the Aṇava genealogy, the Paurava genealogy and a portion of the dynasties of the Kali age; but these are found in the Vāyu Purāṇa.