Table IV - puru dynasty dynasty puru

prAchIna-vAn or prAchi-Isha anti-sAra or, mati-sAra

sumati duSyanta bharata

dhruva

aprati-ratha kaNva medhatithi

bhu-manya or, huta-manya

bRihat-kshatra hasti

mahA-vIrya
his offspring became brAhamaNa-s

nara ranti-deva

garga

gArgeya-s
his offsring became brAhmaNa-s

ajA-mIDha
progenitor of 3 dynasties

dvi-mIDha
from here pauravA-s

puru-mIDha

bRihad-iSa
from him bArhiSada-s

nIla
from here pAnchAla-s

RikSha
from here kaurava-s

bhallAda
karNa eliminated him in final war

bharmya-ashva
or, harya-ashva

samvaraNa kuru

mudgala
ancestor of pAnchAla kings

yavanA-viira

bRihad-iSha

kAmpilya

sRinjaya

divo-das ahalya pRiShada drupada

wife of gautama

parIkshit

sudhanu

jahnu pratIpa

(uparichara) vasu bRihad-ratha chedi-Isha pratyugra matsya jarA-sandha

from here bArhad-rathA-s who later ruled magadha

bhUri devApi ganga shantanu bAhlIka satyavati soma-datta bhUri-shrava shalya

kusha-agra

kushumbha bhIShma chitrAngad ambika vichitra-vIrya ambAlika

gAndhAri

dhRita-rAShTra kunti pAnDu mAdri

bhAnu-mati

suyodhana

lakshmaNa 99 younger brothers of suyodhana yudhiSthira draupadi jayadratha

or, saindhava

bhIma draupadi suta-soma jalandhara or, balandhara of kAshi

arjuna draupadi shruta-kiiti subhadra of yadu-s abhimanyu uttara parIkshit madravati janamejaya a

nakula draupadi shata-Aniika kareNu-mati of chedi nir-amitra

saha-deva draupadi shruta-karma vijaya of madra su-hotra

princess dussala

prati-vindya devika of saibya

: NOT indicating immediate descendant; some unsung hierarchy skipped for e.g. Ilina begat on his wife Rathantari five sons, of whom Dushyanta was the eldest etc; ilIna [or raibhya]=rathantari et al not shown

yaudheya sarva-ga hiDimba asura maid

- - - - - : partially belongs to dynasty

: by gAndharva vivAha, love marriage

dark brown : ladies some characters like vyAsa, vidura et al are skipped, as they do not fit in line of kaurava, technically.

: by marriage; ghaTotkacha an asura

babhru-vAhana source : purANa nAma chandrika, Y. Venataramayya, 1879, Telugu prepared by : desiraju hanumanta rao dt : Sept-07

chitrAngada d/o CitravAhana of MaNalUra-pura ulUpi nAga princess

irAvanta.