Epic-Puranic royal genealogies
Royal genealogies as described in Indian tradition
The Itihasa-Purana, the Epic-Puranic narratives of the Sanskrit Epics (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas, contain royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty which are regarded by Indian traditions as historic events, and used in the Epic-Puranic chronology to establish a traditional timeline of Indian history.
Quotes
edit- There is nothing in them, as far as I am aware, really inconsistent with the most ancient book we possess, namely, the Rigveda, and they throw much light thereon, and on all problems concerning ancient India.
- F. E. Pargiter, Motilal Banarsidas, Ancient Indian Historical Tradition (Delhi-Varanasi-Patna, 1962). Quoted in S. Talageri, The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 2000)
