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  • Indian History Kashmir Kings 2448 BC -1753 BC

    Indian history seen through the prism of western writers,Moghuls and our own brand of self styled liberal, Secularists,consists of only myths and legends.

    This mental attitude helped the rulers to ignore and ridicule our History.

    • Distortions in Indian history
    Indian history is just misinformation.

    Most of us are not aware of the fact that our kings and poets have documented history. The king’s have documented their reign,wars won,Extent of their kingdom,Taxes levied ,Grants given to people and administration details. These documents are in the form of Epigraphs in temples,Copperplates. The poets have sung in praise of kings where they had listed details about the land,flora and fauna, genealogy of the king and his achievements. Brushing aside the hyperbole about the king ,one can find wealth of contemporary information.

    This information is available in Sanskrit, Sanskrit Brahmi,Pali from Buddist and Jain texts and from Regions languages like Tamil, Kannada, Telugu.Tamil has a hoary past and Tamil culture runs parallel to Vedic culture and there is a close intimacy between these two cultures. Each quotes the other and this is a mine of information.

    Kalhana had listed the kings of India from just before Mahabharata war. The list can be cross checked with the records one finds in Epigraphs, Copper plates ,Puranas and Ithihasas.

    ‘Kalhana mentions that Gonanda I ascended the throne in 653 Kali calendar era. According to Jogesh Chander Dutt’s calculation, this year corresponds to 2448 BCE. The total reign of the following kings is mentioned as 1266 years. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KzxTkI9iAxkC&pg=PA439&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Serial NumberName of the KingYears reignedBefore Loukikabda (3076 B.C.)Before Christ.1-5Names not known212374-1623450-32381Gonanda I50162-1123238-3188

    2Damodara I48112-643188-3140

    3Yasovati ( wife of 2 and mother of 4)½64-63½3140-3139½

    4Gonanada II56½63½-73139½-3083

    No.4 king Gonanda II ruled for 56½ years, 1½ years before Mahabharata War and 55 years after the war.

    Kings 5 to 39 : According to Kalhana names are not known. But Mulla Ahmed’s history of Kashmir written in the Persian language gives the list of the lost 35 kings of Kashmir from No.5-39 of the list given in Kalhana’s Rajntharangini. Gonanda II (the 4th king in the list of the Kings of Kalhana’s Rajatarangini) was Killed in a battle by Parikshit, king of Hastinapura in 3083 B.C. As Gonanda II left no heir, Parikshit incorporated Kashmir into his empire. He ruled it from Hastinapura for 42 years. At the time of his death, in 3041 B.C., Parikshit gave Kashmir to his second son “Harnadeva”. 23 kings of the Pandava dynasty and twelve other kings ruled for 1331 years from 3083-1752 B.C.

    . Parikshit ruled for 42 year from 7 B.L. to 35 A.L. or 3083-3041 B.C.
    6. Hernadeva
    7. Rama deva
    8. Vyasadeva
    9. Drunadeva
    10. Simhadeva
    11. Gopaladeva
    12. Vijayananda
    13. Sukhadeva
    14. Ramananda
    15. Sandhiman
    16. Marahandeva & Kamandeva.
    17. Chandradeva
    18. Anandadeva
    19. Drupadadeva
    20. Harnamdeva
    21. Sulkandeva
    22. Sinaditya
    23. Mangaladitya
    24. Khimendra
    25. Bhimasena
    26. Indrasena
    27. Sundarasena
    28. Galgendra
    29. Baladeva
    30. Nalasena
    31. Gokarna
    32. Prahlada
    33. Bambru
    34. Pratapaseela
    35. Sangrama chandra
    36. Larik chandra
    37. Biramchamdra
    33. Babighana
    39. Bhagavanta
    The above 34 kings from no.6 to no.39 ruled for 1289 years , A.L. 35 to 1324, or B.C 3041 to 1752.

    52. Gonanda III Crowned in 1894 After Laukikabda Kala or 1182 B.C. Gonanda I was a poet. Dharma-Asoka was the 48th king of Kashmir, counting from Gonanda I. He belonged to the Gonanda dynasty. Kalhana says that this king freed himself from sins by embracing Buddha’s religion and built the city of Srinagar, with ninety-six lakhs of houses, resplendent with wealth. He appears to have been a poet.( R.T. 1-101 )

    Source for the list quoted is from http://trueindianhistory-kvchelam.blogspot.com/2009/12/kings-of-kashmir-as-per-list-of.html?m=1

    The above site is quite authentic and information is well researched and I thank the writer of this for bringing out the true history of India.

    I shall be writing on each king. I request readers to help me by contributing information from Sanskrit and Regional language texts.

  • Ashoka Great Grandson Shakuni of Mahabharata

    One of the Myths about India is that Indians do not record history.And whatever that passes for history is A Myth and Legend. This view by the invaders ,right from Moghuls through the British to the present secularists has no basis.

    No other country has such detailed description of the Land,flora and fauna,names of Kings,the period of Reign,the laws passed by them,the grants given away by them…….. Such details are found in the Puranas,Ithihasas,Epigraphs,copper plates in Sanskrit, Brahmi,Regional languages, for example,Tamil,Kannada, Telugu.These are found in Temples as well.In addition Sanskrit literary works, Regional languages like Tamil recorded Indian history.Despite these records,the canard of India not recording history has been promoted so that doctored History can be pushed.

    One such is about Ashoka.

    Rajatarangini by Harsha is an excellent source for Indian history. It was written by Harsha , Kashmir King.

    We find that there were two Ashokas.

    The earliest Asoka was the Great grandson of Shakuni ( brother of Gandhari,Dhritharashtra’s wife) of Mahabharata.

    His period 1488 – 1400 BC.

    Shakuni

    ‘Great-grandson of Shakuni and son of Shachinara’s first cousin. Built a great city called Srinagara (near but not same as the modern-day Srinagar). In his days, the mlechchhas (foreigners) overran the country, and he took sannyasa. According to Kalhana’s account, this Ashoka would have ruled in the 2nd millennium BCE, and was a member of the dynasty founded by Godhara. Kalhana also states that this king had adopted the doctrine of Jina, constructed stupas and Shiva temples, and appeased Bhutesha (Shiva) to obtain his son Jalauka. Despite the discrepancies, multiple scholars identify Kalhana’s Ashoka with the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who adopted Buddhism.[6] Although “Jina” is a term generally associated with Jainism, some ancient sources use it to refer to the Buddha.[7] ‘ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajatarangini

    There was another Ashoka of Gonanda Vamsa ,( 1488 -1400 BC).He became a Bauddha and because of this,Bauddhas from Central Asia destroyed his Kingdom.

    His son Jalauka defeated them and chased them away.He also restored Vedic practices. https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2017/11/08/false-propaganda-asoka-kalinga-buddhism/

  • Kings List Of Tamil Nadu From 400 BC

    I had published a List of Indian Kings from the Date of Mahabharata to Chandra Gupta Maurya.

    I here below provide a list of Kings of Tamil Nadu,Chera, Chola and Pandyas from the Mahabharata Times.

    Tamil Kings were present during Ramayana and Mahabharata.

    Lord Krishna attended theTamil Poets’Conclave-Tamil Sangam.

    Please read my post  on this.

    History is what one

    English: Map showing the extent of the Chola e...
    English: Map showing the extent of the Chola empire during Rajendra Chola I (c. 1030 CE) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    chooses to write.

    The validation of History is by

    1.Refernce to in contemporary literature.

    2.Astronomical Data and

    3.Reference by foreign records.

    Tamil and Indian Kings list are validated by contemporary literature and astronomical data.

    And Foreign records also refer to them if these foreign records are contemporary or after the Kings period.

    One accusation against Indian History as told by Indian Puranas and literature is that not enough material is quoted by the Purana (though there are instances where they have quoted) of Foreign literature and Kings.

    That is, Foreign literature does not quote Puranas/events mentioned by them.

    My answer is that my grand father can not quote me.

     

    Ancient Chera Kings (c. 400 BC – 397 AD)
    1. Udiyancheralatan
    2. Antuvancheral
    3. Imayavaramban Nedun-Cheralatan (56–115 AD)
    4. Cheran Chenkutuvan (from 115)
    5. Palyanai Sel-Kelu Kuttuvan (115–130)
    6. Poraiyan Kadungo (from 115)
    7. Kalankai-Kanni Narmudi Cheral (115–140)
    8. Vel-Kelu Kuttuvan (130–185)
    9. Selvak-Kadungo (131–155)
    10. Adukotpattu Cheralatan (140–178)
    11. Kuttuvan Irumporai (178–185)
    12. Tagadur Erinda Perumcheral (185–201)
    13. Yanaikat-sey Mantaran Cheral (201–241)
    14. Ilamcheral Irumporai (241–257)
    15. Perumkadungo (257–287)
    16. Ilamkadungo (287–317)
    17. Kanaikal Irumporai (367–397)
    Kulashekhara Dynasty (1020–1314 AD)
    1. Kulashekhara Varman (800–820 AD), also called Kulashekhara Alwar
    2. Rajashekhara Varman (820–844 AD), also called Cheraman Perumal
    3. Sthanu ravi Varman (844–885 AD), contemporary of Aditya Chola
    4. Rama Varma Kulashekhara (885–917 AD)
    5. Goda Ravi Varma (917–944 AD)
    6. Indu Kotha Varma (944–962 AD)
    7. Bhaskara Ravi Varman I (962–1019 AD)
    8. Bhaskara Ravi Varman II (1019–1021 AD)
    9. Vira Kerala (1021–1028 AD)
    10. Rajasimha (1028–1043 AD)
    11. Bhaskara Ravi Varman III (1043–1082 AD)
    12. Rama Varman Kulashekhara (1090–1122 AD), also called Cheraman Perumal
    • Ravi Varman Kulashekhara (c. 1250–1314), last of the Cheras
    Chola Dynasty (c. 301 BC – 1279 AD)
    Sangam Cholas (c. 300 BC – 240 AD)
    • Ilamcetcenni (c. 301 BC)
    • Karikala Chola (c. 270 BC)
    • Nedunkilli (c. 150 AD)
    • Nalankilli (c. 150 AD)
    • Killivalavan (c. 200 AD)
    • Perunarkilli (c. 300 AD)
    • Kocengannan (c. 220 AD)
    Chola Emperors (848–1279 AD)
    • Vijayalaya Chola (848–881), founder of the Chola Empire
    • Aditya (871–907)
    • Parantaka I (907–955)
    • Gandaraditya (950–957)
    • Arinjaya (956–957)
    • Parantaka Chola II (957–970)
    • Uttama Chola (973–985)
    • Rajaraja Chola I (985–1014), considered the greatest of all Cholas, expanded the Chola Empire overseas to Sri Lanka
    • Rajendra Chola I (1012–1044), expanded the Chola Empire overseas to South-East Asia
    • Rajadhiraja Chola I (1018–1054)
    • Rajendra Chola II (1051–1063)
    • Virarajendra Chola (1063–1070)
    • Athirajendra Chola (1067–1070)
    • Vikkrama Chola (1118–1135)
    • Kulotunga Chola II (1133–1150)
    • Rajaraja Chola II (1146–1163)
    • Rajadiraja Chola II (1163–1178)
    • Kulothunga Chola III (1178–1218)
    • Rajaraja Chola III (1216–1256)
    • Rajendra Chola III (1246–1279), last of the Cholas

    https://ramanisblog.in/2014/12/27/kings-list-india-by-puranas-validated/

    Citation.

    Tamil Kings List

     

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  • Kings List India By Puranas Validated

    Indians believe the Timeline of India’s History as explained by William Jones and his followers, though their theory on the dates assigned to events and persons have been proved to be incorrect by many references and most importantly by archeology.

     

    If one were to mistrust the Hindu scriptures, the Nastika System of jainism which denies the authorit of the Vedas, has provided informationwhich tallies with the timeline and events portayed by the Puranas.

     

    Secondly the Archeological finds dispprove the dates assined by William Jones and others and show that the events and people had happened/lived much before the dates indicated by them

     

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    Our history textbooks tell us that Magadha (not Ayodhya) was one of India’s first kingdoms and that Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries who lived in/ around Magadha around 600 BCE. However, when we visit the sites of India’s so-called earliest centres of civilization (e.g., Sarnath where the Buddha preached his first sermon), we see evidence from the Jain tradition that its earlier Tirthankaras8 were already living in that city hundreds of years ago.9 On top of this, the Jains appear to share the same hoary past as the Hindus do, with their first Tirthankara (Rishabhadeva) believed to be the king of Ayodhya more than 20 generations before Mahavira.

    In addition to the Jain tradition, the history preserved in our native chronicles – the Puranas – appears to have some support from archaeology as well. Although most of the sites described in the Puranas are now populated and hence cannot be excavated, the few non-inhabited sites (e.g., Dwaraka) exhibit evidence of ancient civilizations. This begs the question as to whether we should truly discard the traditions preserved in India’s native chronicles or take the trouble to re-examine them in a new light. This essay presents the chronology of India as preserved by its native historians and tests the validity of this chronology when compared to independent accounts of ancient India.

     

    The accepted chronology of ancient India is based on William Jones’s identification of Sandrocottus with Chandragupta Maurya, the first king of the Mauryan empire. This identification serves as the basis for determining the era of Buddha, the dates of the subsequent kings of Magadha and of other kingdoms of India. According to this chronology, Chandragupta Maurya ascended the throne of Magadha around 315 BCE. However, the Puranas as well as Megasthenes’s account of the milieu he lived in present a compelling case for debunking this identification and associating Sandrocottus with Chandragupta I, the founder of the Imperial Guptas. According to the Puranas, Chandragupta Maurya was crowned in 1538 BCE, Ashoka was crowned in 1489 BCE, and Chandragupta I ascended the throne of Pataliputra around 315 BCE in time to be the monarch referred to as Sandrocottus when Megasthenes arrived in Pataliputra in 302 BCE. This essay presents the evidence for this Puranic chronology and aims to resolve other conundrums in Indian history, such as the age of Vikramaditya and Adi Sankara, with this revised timeline.”

     

    Then one has the astronomical data.

     

    This authenticates the Puranic Data.

     

    The problem with the astronomical data is that celestial events occur repeatedly at a fixed intervals and as such the difficulty lies in matching a particular astronomical event with the events described by our Puranas.

     

    Then one has Kalpas, a Kalpa being one day f Lord Brahma, the Creator and He creates 14 Manvantaras.

     

    This crestes additional dificulties to identify the Manvanatara, Kalpa and a particular event.

     

    This one can resove by referring to the Sankalpa being used by the Hindus for every religious  event.

     

    Please read my post Geo Tagging, Sankalpa.

     

    I became curious to check all these because i has found a refernce stating that Satyavrata Manu , the ancestor of Lord Rama migrate from the South to North because of a Tsunami.

     

    He went to Ayodhya and founded the Dynasty called Ikshvaku.

     

    There are five floods recoreded in Indian legends, both in Sanskrit and Tamil.

     

    This we can resolve by matching this information with references found in other texts and by archeology.

     

    The following verified information spurred me to search and arrive at a Kings List of India according to Puranas ans Tamil Classics.

     

    1.Lord Rama’s Date of Birth, Marriage,Exile, Ramayana War.

    2.Mahabharata War.

    3.Agasthya’s crossing over to South through the Vindhyas.

    4.Tamil Classics’s refernce to Tsunamis.

    5.The ancestry of Tamil Cholas to Manu and of Pandyas antiquity.

    6.The feeding of the armies of Kauravas and Pandavas by a Tamil King, Udiyan Neduncheralaathan.

    7.The artifacts and archeological finds of the remnants of Sanatana Dharma throuhout the world.

     

    And the Bhagavata reference to Satyavrata Manu leaving th south for the North because of a Tsunami.

     

    I have posted articles on all these issues,under Hinduism.

     

     

    List of Kings.

     

    India Kings List.jpg
    List of Indian Kings according to Puranas after primay creation. Click to enlarge.

     

    Kings,descendants of Vivasvat.jpg
    List of kings in the Vaivasvata (descendants of Vivasvat) Manvantara as stated in the Vishnu Purana.Click to enlarge.

     

    Indian Kings list upto Mahabharata War.jpg.
    List upto Mahabharata War.List of kings in the Vaivasvata Manvantara until the Great War as stated in the Vishnu Purana.Click to enlarge

    Kings List after Mahabharata War.jpg
    List of Kings in Kali Yuga(present Yuga). List of kings in the Kaliyuga (after the Great War) as stated in the Vishnu Purana.Click to enlarge

    Second List of Kings after Mahabharata War.jpg
    List of kings in the Kaliyuga (after the Great War) as stated in the Vishnu Purana. The Vidisha list is from the Vayu Purana.Click to enlarge.

     

    One may note that the Solar and Lunar dynasties married among themselves.

    The list incldes the names of Bimbisara, father of Ashoka.

    Reference and citations.

    http://bharatbhumika.blogspot.in/2014/08/puranic-chronology-of-india.html

     

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