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GENEALOGY OF THE PARIKSHITAS 47 branch of the Kuru or Bharata dynasty to Kaušāmbi is confirmed by the evidence of some of the plays attributed to Bhāsa. Udayana, king of Kaušāmbī, is described in the Svapnavāsava-datta as a scion of the Bharata or Bhārata family! :
Bhāratānāṁ kule jāto vinīto jñānavāñchhuchil tannārhasi balāddhartum rūjadharmasya desikah
“Thou art born in the family of the Bharatas. Thou art self-controlled, enlightened and pure. To stop her by force is unworthy of thee, who shouldst be the model of kingly duty."
GENEALOGY OF THE PĀRIKSHITA FAMILY
Parikshit
Kakshasena - Ugrasena
Janamejaya Satānika
Abhipratūrin Vriddhadyumna
Srutasena Bhimasena Others
possibly identical with the an. cestor of epic heroes acc. to one tradition, Mbh. 95.i. 42 ff.
Rathagritsa
Aśvamedhadatta Adhisima-krishna
Nichakshu Kings of Kaušāmbi (Purāṇic tradition)
Kings of Khāndava (Indapatta)?
1 Ed. Ganapati Sastri, p. 140, Trans. V. S. Sukthankar,p. 79. Cf. PratijnaYaugandharāyana, "Vedākshara samdvāya-pravishto Bhārato Vamśah" "Bharata kulopabhuktam viņāratutm.," Act II
Bhāratānām kule jāto Vatsānāmūrjitah patiḥ, Act IV.
