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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana

by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words

This page relates ‘Dynasty of Andhra� of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.

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The ṣaٰⲹ born in the dynasty of ṇvⲹԲ and their lord, the king named Suśarma, who was the last king of the Śunga dynasty was defeated by force and their homeland king named Śśܰ첹 got these kingdoms. That Śśܰ첹 ruled for twenty-three years. After that his younger brother ṛṣṇa ruled for eighteen years. His son Śrīśātakarṇi ruled for ten years. His son was the king named Pūrṇotsanga ruled for eighteen years. After him Skandhstambhi became the king and ruled for eighteen years. Then ŚԳٲ첹ṇi became the king and ruled for firfty-six years. His son Lambodara ruled for eighteen years. His son Āīٲ첹 ruled for twelve years. Then ѱ𲵳󲹲پ ruled for eighteen years. Then there was a king named پ who ruled for eighteen years. Then 첹Ի岹پ ruled for seven years. After that Mṛgendra پkarṇa named king ruled the earth for three years. Then Kuntal پkarṇa ruled for eight years. Then پkarṇa ruled for only one year. Then 龱ٲṇa ruled for twenty-five years, ruled for five years, Mantulaka ruled for five years and then Purīndrasen became the king. Śāntikarṇa ruled for only one year. Then Ckorasvātikarṇa became the king and ruled for only six months. Then Śپ ruled for twenty-eight years. Then Ҳܳٲī’s son famous Sātakarṇi became the king and ruled for twenty-one years. His son ʳܱdz ruled for twenty-eight years. Then Śivaśri ʳܱdz ruled for seven years, Śāntikarṇa’s son Ś첹Ի ruled for twenty-nine years and then Śāntikarṇika ruled for twenty-nine years. His son Vijaya ruled for six years and then his son Caṇḍaśri Śāntikarṇa ruled for ten years. And last the second ʳܱdz became the king and rules for seven years. In this way, these twenty-nine ĀԻ dynasty kings ruled on the earth for four hundred and eight years.[1]

After that the descendants of these ĀԻ dynasty kings name Bhṛtyopa became the officers of the kingdoms. Among them there were seven ĀԻvaṃś� , ten Ā󾱰ṃś� , seven Gardabhila , eighteen 첹ṃś� , eight Yavana , fourteen ճṣār , thirteen ҳܰṇḍ and nineteen ūṇa ղṃś� . Then seven Gardabhila dynasty kings consumed this earth. Eight Yavana kings ruled till the seven years. For seven thousand years this earth was under the ճṣārdynasty . Then one hundred thirteen years, one hundred and eighteen years and four hundred and fifty years, that is seven hundred fifty-one years, thirteen Mleccha Բٲ’s Gurunda kings consumed the earth with the Śܻ dynasty. For three hundred and eleven years the ĀԻ dynasty ruled and the kingdom of Śriparvatīya remain for fifty-two years. Similarly, ten Ā󾱰 kings ruled for sixty-six years, when they were destroyed from time to time, there were a king named ; who was in Yavana dynasty.[2]

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[1]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch.�273/1�17

[2]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch.�273/18�24

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