Lineages of Anu

Third son of Yayāti, Anu had three sons named Sabhānara, Cākṣuṣa and Paramesu. They were all very righteous. Sabhānara has a son named Kolāhala. Kolāhala had a son who was famous as Sanjaya. Sanjay’s son was Puranjaya. King Janamejaya became the son of Puranjaya. Like Indra a glorious son was originated from Janamejaya named Mahāśāla. A son named Mahāmanā who became the supreme god, great man and Cakravartī emperor of the seven Islands, was born from Mahāśāla. Mahāmanā gave birth to two sons. Both of them became known as Titikṣu and Uśīnara. Uśīnara’s had five wives name Bhṛśā, Kṛśā, Navā, Darśā and Devi Dṛṣadvatī. They were the daughter of all the royalty. Bhṛśa gave birth to Nṛga and Navā gave birth to Nava. From Kṛśā, Kṛśa was born. Darśā’s son was Suvrata. Dṛṣadvatīgave birth to a son named king Śibi. Śibi had four world famous sons named Pṛthudarbha, Suvīra, Kekaya and Madraka. They were also famous by name Śibigana. Their flourishing kingdoms were known as Kekay (Northwestern part of Vyāsa and Śatalaja, Punjab), Madraka, Sauvīra (Northern part of Sindh) and Paura . The country of Nṛga was famous as Kekay and Ambastha of Suvrata. The capital of Kṛśa was Vṛṣalāpurī . Nava was the king of Navarāṣṭra . Titikṣu became famous king in the East direction. His son was Vṛṣadratha and Vṛṣadratha’s son was Sena. Sena’s son named Sutapā was born and Sutapā’s son was Bali. King Bali gave birth to five Kṣetraja sons who all later became king of the world. He gave birth to five sons named Anga, Vanga, Suhma, Puṇḍra and Kaliṅga–who are called as sons of Bali.^[1]

Anga’s son was king Dadhivāhana. King Diviratha is said to be the son of Dadhivāhana. The son of Diviratha was the learned king Dharmaratha. Dharmaratha wasvery rich King. Dharmaratha’s son was Citraratha. He had a son named Satyaratha and he had a son named Daśaratha who was also famous as Lomapāda. He had a daughter named Śānta (Datrimā). Daśarath’s son was a brave warrior named Caturanga Caturanga’s son became known as Pṛthulākṣa.Pṛthulākṣa had a son named Campa. The capital of Campa was named Campā (Bhagalpur) which was earlier known as Mālini . By grace of Pūrṇabhadra, Campa got a son named Haryanga. The son of Haryanga was Bhadraratha. Bhadraratha’s son was king Bṛhatkarmā. He had a son Bṛhadbhānu. Mahātmavān was born from him. Rājendra Bṛhadbhānu also produced another son named Jayadratha. King Bṛhadratha was born from him. Bṛhadratha gave birth to a legendary son named Janamejaya. His son was Anga and from Anga Karṇa was born. Karṇa’s son was Vṛṣasena and his son was Pṛthusena. Bṛhadbhānu’s son was Bṛhanmanā. He had two wives. They were both daughters of Śaibya. Their names were Yaśodevī and Satyā. By the relationof Bṛhanmanā, Yaśodevī gave birth to king Jaydratha and Satyā gave birth to Vijoya. Vijaya’s son was Bṛhatputra and his son was Bṛhadratha. Bṛhadratha’s son was Mahatma Satyakarmā. Satyakarmā’s son was Adhiratha. Adhiratha was also known as Suta. Adhiratha had caught Karna (flowing into the river). For this reason, Karna is called as Suta-Putra .^[2]