| VEDIC ERA KINGS OF BHARAT The History of Bharat (Aryavrat) is impossible without the Rajputs / Kshatriyas. It is not possible personally for me (Dr. Gaurav A. Vyas) to include everything about the rich history of Rajput / Kshatriya because I am a Bhramin and dont have deep knowledge of the rich history of Rajput / Kshatriya. I am writing what information that I came accross and if I have made mistake I sincerly apoligize to the Rajput / Kshatriya community.
Purus :
The Purus were a clan, or a confederation of clans, mentioned many times in the Rigved. RV 7.96.2 locates them at the banks of the Sarasvati River. There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharats. [citation needed] Purus rallied many other groups against King Sudas of the Bharat, but were defeated in the Battle of the Ten Kings (RV 7.18, etc.).
Early History :
India's name Bharat or Bharat-Varsh is named after a descendant of the Puru dynasty King Bharat.
There were two main Vedic cultures in ancient India. The first was a northern kingdom centered on the Sarasvati-Drishadvati river region dominated by the Purus and the Ikshvakus. The second was a southern culture along the coast of the Arabian Sea and into the Vindhya Mountains, dominated by the Turvashas and Yadus and extending into groups yet further south. These northern and southern groups vied for supremacy and influenced each other in various ways as the Vedas and Puranas indicate. The northern or Bharata culture ultimately prevailed, making India the land of Bharat or Bharatvarsh and its main ancient literary record the Vedas, though militarily the Yadus remained strong throughout history.
Aryans
warriors of Bharat :
Historians of the Rajput period have called the Ikshwaku group as Surya Vanshi and the Buddha group as Chandra Vanshi, corresponding to the Sun and Moon. Their origin has been linked with Brahma the creator of the universe.
Bramha
The names included in this table, above Ikshwaku and Buddha are just synonyms of the Sun, Moon and Planets.
Chandravanshi
lineage :
Brahma -> Atri -> Chandra -> Budha (married to Manu's daughter Ila) -> Pururava -> Ayu -> Nahush -> Yayati -> Puru and Yadu.
King Yayati's elder son Yadu had officially lost the title to govern by his father's command since he had refused to exchange his youth with his father. Thereby, he could not have carried on the same dynasty, called Somvanshi. Consequently, the generations of King Puru, Paurav or Puruvanshi were the only one to be known as Somvansh.
Yayati divided up his kingdom into five portions (VP IV.10.1708). To Turvasha he gave the southeast (Bay of Bengal); to Druhya the west Gandhar; to Yadu the south (By Arabian sea); to Anu the north Punjab; and to Puru the center (Sarasvati region) as the supreme king of Earth.
The Rig Ved notes an earlier period of Turvasha-Yadu predominance, which the Purus broke in order to become the dominant people in the region.
Chandra dynasty a major ancient Indian Kshatriyakul is known from empirical literature. The first ruler (king) of the Aryans became Vaivasvat Manu. The era of Sun-descendant warriors started with their nine sons. Manu also had a daughter - Ela. See was married to Buddh (Mercury) who was the son of Moon. He originated the Pururavas, called Ail and became the first ruler of the Chandravanshi. His capital was Pratishthan, where today Jhunsi is located near Prayag. Ayu and Amavasu became extremely famous among Pururava's six sons. Ayu ruled the establishment and Amavasu established a new dynasty at Kanyakubj. Jahvu became famous among the kings of Kanyakubj, after whom Ganga was named Jahnavi. Later Vishwarath or Vishwamitra also became famous, Who came in the struggle of the priest of Kosal called Vashishth in the Purohitya competition. Then he became ascetic and received the title of Brahmarshi. After Ayu, his first born son Nahush became the ruler of the establishment. His younger brother Kshatravruddh established a kingdom in Kashi.
Among the six sons of Nahush, Yati and Yayati were the chief. Yati became a monk and Yayati got the throne. Yayati became the powerful and conquering emperor and also the hero of many legacy stories. He had five sons - Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu and Puru. These five carried their own dynasty and their descendants conquered far and wide. Later, these dynasties were called Yadav's, Turvasu, Druhyus, Anavas and Pauravas. The same Panchacharya in the Rigved: Having said. A branch of the Yadav's became famous by the name of Haihay and settled on the banks of the Narmada in Dakshinapath. Mahishmati was the capital of the Haihas and Kartavirya Arjun became their almighty and conquering king. The Turvasuke descendants first subordinated the territories of the southeast, but later moved to the northwest. The Druhyus captured the banks of Sindh and named the state Gandhar after their king Gandhara. One branch of the Anuvas settled in eastern Punjab and the other in eastern Bihar. There were famous kings called Ushinar and Shivi in the Anava clan of Punjab.
Krishna was born in Chandravansh. Several Kshatriya communities/clans claim descent from Chandra. One of Brahma's son was Adi, whose son was Chandra (Soma), from whom started Chandravansh. Thakur Deshraj writes that those who follow the Lunar calendar for time calculation are Chandravanshi kshatriyas.
According to the historian 'Ram Lal Hala' the word Jat is derived from word 'Yat'. There was a king named 'Yat' or Yata in Chandravanshi clan who was ancestor of Lord Krishna. The Jats are descendants of King Yat. 'Yat' later changed to 'Jat'.
Krishna belonged to this branch of the Chandravanshi of Vrishnis from whom he got the name Varshneya.
The Scythian writer Abul Gazi has called himself a Chandravanshi Jat. He also writes that the mother of Scythian community was the daughter of Aila or Ailya Devi.
According to Thakur Deshraj, The Chandravanshi Aryans of India had habitations in Iran which were known as Jatali. He has referred General Cunningham who has mentioned the presence of Yayati Vanshi Jats in Jatali. Yayati was son of Nahusha. This province got the name Jatali being the habitation of Jats. The language of these Jats is Jadgali (alternate names, Jatgali, Jatki, Jat).
Maharaja Bhoj was son of Druhyu, the Chandravanshi Jatvansh King Yayati.
Kuru Kings :
Kuru was born after 25 generations of Puru's dynasty, and after 15 generations of Kuru, Kauravas and Pandavas were born. These were the same renowned Kauravas and Pandavas who fought the epic battle of Mahabharata. The dynasty of the king Yadu - Andhak, Vrasni, and Bhoj, under the leadership of Shree Krishna, helped the Pandavas win the battle. According to Puranic tradition, the war occurred 95 generations after Manu Vaivasvat. The Purans state that there are 1,050 years between Parikshit of the Kurus and the last Kuru king at the time of Mahapadma Nand.
Suryavansh :
According to the Puranic literature, Suryavansh or the Solar dynasty or the Ikshvaku dynasty is an ancient and one of the oldest dynasty of India. The sun god Surya, also known as Vivasvan is considered the primogenitor of Suryavansh and his son Vaivasvat Manu is the progenitor of humanity according to the Hindu texts. However, it was the magnanimous King Ikshvaku of the ancient kingdom of Koshal who became the first chakravarti or the universal ruler when he conquered far distant lands of Aryavart and established a formidable empire. Thus, the dynasty derived his name and was also called Ikshvaku dynasty. Lord Ram belonged to the Suryavansh or Ikshvaku dynasty. Twenty-two out of the twenty-four Jain Tirthankara belonged to this dynasty. According to the Buddhist texts, Prince Siddharth belonged to this dynasty. The dynasty is also known as Raghuvansh or Raghu-kula because of King Raghu who was the great grandson of Ikshavaku and great grandfather of Lord Ram.
The prominent kings and emperors belonging to this royal house are Mandhatri, Muchukund, Ambarish, Dilip, Raghu, Aja, Dasharath, Ram, Bahubali, Harishchandra, Sagaraand Pasenadi. Although, both the Hindu Puran's and the Buddhist texts include Shuddodhan, Gautam Buddh and Rahul in their accounts of the Ikshvaku dynasty, but according to the Buddhist texts, Mahasammat, an ancestor of Ikshvaku was the founder of this dynasty, who was elected by the people as the first king of the present era. According to the Puranas, supreme preceptor of the Ikshvaku dynasty was sage Vashishth. |
