09-19-2006, 04:20 PM
The Puru kings from king DuShyanta on (Tanmoy's list):
duShmanta = DuShyanta
bharata
bharadvAja
bhuvamanyu
bRhatkShatra
suhotra
hastin
ajamIDh.a
nIla
shAnti
sushAnti
purujAnu
cakShu
haryashva
mudgala
vRddhashva
divodAsa
mitrayu
cyavana
sudAsa (not the same as SudAs Paijavana AikShvAka, see Jaim. BrAhm.)
sahadeva
somaka
RkSha I
saMvaraNa
(great gap, kings missing in Tanmoy's list)
21. jahNu
20. suratha
19. viduratha
18. sArvabhauma
17. jayatsena
16. AyAvi
15. Arihan I (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb)
14. MahAbhauma (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb)
13. ayutAyu
12. akrodhana
11. devAtithi
10. Arihan II (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb))
9. RkSha II
8. bhaumasena
7. pratishravas (not given by Tanmoy, see MBh)
6. dilIpa
5. pratIpa
4. shAntanu
3. vicitravIrYa
2. pANDu
1. yudhiShThira, arjuna MahAbhArata Battle
COMPARE this with:
* Kuru-Sravana (from c. 1200 BC), son of Puru king Samavarana, featured in the ancient epic Mahabharata (see Kuru (Hindu mythology))
* Uchchaihsravas Kaupayeya
* Prati sutvana
* Bahlika Pratipeya
* Santnu
* Dhritarashtra, featured in the Mahabharata
* Parikshita, featured in the Mahabharata as the grandson of Arjuna Pandava (a central character)
* Janamejaya (until c. 1000 BC), son of Parikshita
* Korayvya (c. 600-550 BC)
* Dhananjaya (c. 550-500 BC), said to be a descendant of Yudhishtra Pandava (a central character in the Mahabharata)
* Ratthapala (c. 500-450 BC), embraced Buddhism, the Kuru kingdom soon became a republic
COMMENT: The list is very incomplete. KurushravaNa is nowhere mentioned in the AitihAsika literature (epics, Puranas). He is mentioned in the later parts of the Rgveda. He is a TrAsadasyava PUru king, son of MitrAtithi and father of Upamashravas.
PrAjApatya SamvaraNa is a mantradraShTA RShi and (great)grandfather of Manu SAmvaraNi. Manu in my opinion is the title of a Pravarttaka of an important, new and dominant RAjanya (sub)branch. Manu SAmvaraNi can be none other than king Kuru, "son" = (great)grandson of SamvaraNa of the AitihAsika tradition.
The traditions provide some 21 names between Jahnu and ParikShit II, successor to YudhiShthira, some missing in Tanmoy's list. Also missing in his list are Vedic and epic names of kings between ParikShit I Kauravya (not mentioned in Tanmoy's list) and Jahnu: Shrutasena, KakShasena, Ugrasena, Bhimasena, AbhipratArin KAkshaseni, Vrddhadyumna AbhipratAriNa, DivodAsa Bhaimaseni, YuddhamshrauShTi Augrasainya, Citrasena, Indrasena, SuShena, Shabalashva
AbhirAj, VirAj, ShAlmali, Kupaya, Uccaihshravas Kaupayeya, Bhadrashva and Jitarin.
B.t.w. RaTThapAla is not a Kuru king, but a wealthy/noble man from Kuru-PancAla areas. The king in his time was a Dhananjaya.
The Dhananjayas, a dynastical name, gave rise to Janjuas and Tomaras as per their own claims. Perhaps the ArjunAyanas (descendants of Arjuna Dhananjaya) are an intermediate group. [Is Janju an adapted form of Dhanju < Dhananjaya?]
duShmanta = DuShyanta
bharata
bharadvAja
bhuvamanyu
bRhatkShatra
suhotra
hastin
ajamIDh.a
nIla
shAnti
sushAnti
purujAnu
cakShu
haryashva
mudgala
vRddhashva
divodAsa
mitrayu
cyavana
sudAsa (not the same as SudAs Paijavana AikShvAka, see Jaim. BrAhm.)
sahadeva
somaka
RkSha I
saMvaraNa
(great gap, kings missing in Tanmoy's list)
21. jahNu
20. suratha
19. viduratha
18. sArvabhauma
17. jayatsena
16. AyAvi
15. Arihan I (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb)
14. MahAbhauma (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb)
13. ayutAyu
12. akrodhana
11. devAtithi
10. Arihan II (not given by Tanmoy, see MHb))
9. RkSha II
8. bhaumasena
7. pratishravas (not given by Tanmoy, see MBh)
6. dilIpa
5. pratIpa
4. shAntanu
3. vicitravIrYa
2. pANDu
1. yudhiShThira, arjuna MahAbhArata Battle
COMPARE this with:
* Kuru-Sravana (from c. 1200 BC), son of Puru king Samavarana, featured in the ancient epic Mahabharata (see Kuru (Hindu mythology))
* Uchchaihsravas Kaupayeya
* Prati sutvana
* Bahlika Pratipeya
* Santnu
* Dhritarashtra, featured in the Mahabharata
* Parikshita, featured in the Mahabharata as the grandson of Arjuna Pandava (a central character)
* Janamejaya (until c. 1000 BC), son of Parikshita
* Korayvya (c. 600-550 BC)
* Dhananjaya (c. 550-500 BC), said to be a descendant of Yudhishtra Pandava (a central character in the Mahabharata)
* Ratthapala (c. 500-450 BC), embraced Buddhism, the Kuru kingdom soon became a republic
COMMENT: The list is very incomplete. KurushravaNa is nowhere mentioned in the AitihAsika literature (epics, Puranas). He is mentioned in the later parts of the Rgveda. He is a TrAsadasyava PUru king, son of MitrAtithi and father of Upamashravas.
PrAjApatya SamvaraNa is a mantradraShTA RShi and (great)grandfather of Manu SAmvaraNi. Manu in my opinion is the title of a Pravarttaka of an important, new and dominant RAjanya (sub)branch. Manu SAmvaraNi can be none other than king Kuru, "son" = (great)grandson of SamvaraNa of the AitihAsika tradition.
The traditions provide some 21 names between Jahnu and ParikShit II, successor to YudhiShthira, some missing in Tanmoy's list. Also missing in his list are Vedic and epic names of kings between ParikShit I Kauravya (not mentioned in Tanmoy's list) and Jahnu: Shrutasena, KakShasena, Ugrasena, Bhimasena, AbhipratArin KAkshaseni, Vrddhadyumna AbhipratAriNa, DivodAsa Bhaimaseni, YuddhamshrauShTi Augrasainya, Citrasena, Indrasena, SuShena, Shabalashva
AbhirAj, VirAj, ShAlmali, Kupaya, Uccaihshravas Kaupayeya, Bhadrashva and Jitarin.
B.t.w. RaTThapAla is not a Kuru king, but a wealthy/noble man from Kuru-PancAla areas. The king in his time was a Dhananjaya.
The Dhananjayas, a dynastical name, gave rise to Janjuas and Tomaras as per their own claims. Perhaps the ArjunAyanas (descendants of Arjuna Dhananjaya) are an intermediate group. [Is Janju an adapted form of Dhanju < Dhananjaya?]