The Puranas of The Hindus list the rulers of Bharatavarsha, which includes those in the Kali Yuga.
The normal Perception is that the Puranas stop with probably with the Death of Lord Krishna in the Dwapara Yuga .
And the Kalki Purana, Bhavishya Purana lists the Future Discoveries and the behaviour of people since The Mahabharata..
But while studying the Puranas in the original one comes to know that the Puranas list the Rulers ,Dynasties, the Class of people who are to Rule the Bharata Varsha.
A look.
Vishnu Purana.
The Dwapara Youga endedsha with Kheshemaka of the Lunar, Pandavas Dynasty and the Surya Dynasty with Sumitra of Ikshvaku (the successors of Lord Rama‘s Dynasty)
Yadava’s Dynasty, of Lord Krishna’s ends with Ribunjaya.
After this Kali Yuga dawns.
Ribhunjaya’s Minister would kill Ribunjaya and crown his son Prathyodana and Praydyothana’s Family shall Rule for 838 years.
After this Bharata varsha will be ruled by Sisunabhan,Kakavarnan upto Mahanandi for 362 Years.
Kshatriyas’ Rule will come to an end with Maha Nandi marrying a low-caste woman and shall beget Nanda,, later this Dynasty shall be known as the maurya Dynasty.
Nanda will kill many kshatriya Kings and will be like Parasu Rama in killing the Kshatriyas.
This Nanda. aka Maha Padma and his eight sons will exterminate all the Kshtriya Kings and rule for about one hundred years
These nine will be annihilated by Chandra Gupta, born of Mura, with the help of a Brahmin, Chanakya, aka Vishnu Gupta, Kautilya and Vatsyayan.
These rulers belong to the fourth caste.
This Dynasty shall rule for 137 yeras.
The last king Bruhathratha will be killed by his Senathipathi,General Pushyamitra ans establish Sunga Dynasty.
This Sunga Dyansty shall rile for 112 years.
Aer this Kanavas, Andhras and shall rule.
It will be followed by Foreigners ,those belonging to Vellalars Community(those in charge of maintaining the River Bed ,Canals.( they belong to the top echelon of the Fourth varna.
The Maurya Rulers , present recorded History.
The Maurya dynasty ruled over a geographically extensive empire in India from 321 to 185 BC.
| Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
| Chandragupta Maurya
|
345 – 298 BC | 322 BC | 298 BC | He was the follower of Saint Chanakya. He was the son-in-law of Selukos Nikator,general of Alexander,the Great. | Mauryan dynasty | |
| Bindusara
|
320 – 272 BC | 298 BC | 272 BC | He spread mauryan empire by defeating 16 kings and added their land to his empire. | Mauryan dynasty | |
Ashoka the Great
|
304 – 232 BC | 274 BC | 232 BC | Hero of Kalinga war. Later he became buddhist. | Mauryan dynasty | |
| Dasaratha
|
c. 252 – 224 BC | 232 BC | 224 BC | Mauryan dynasty | ||
| Samprati
|
224 BC | 215 BC | Mauryan dynasty | |||
| Salisuka
|
215 BC | 202 BC | Mauryan dynasty | |||
| Devavarman
|
202 BC | 195 BC | Mauryan dynasty | |||
| Satadhanvan
|
195 BC | 187 BC | Mauryan dynasty | |||
| Brihadratha
|
d. 185 BC | 187 BC | 185 BC | Mauryan dynasty |
Table source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mauryan_rulers
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