Puru and Yadu Dynasties


Puru and Yadu Dynasties are the descendant of King Pururavas who founded Lunar Dynasty in Treta Yuga. King Pururavas was the son of Ila and Budha. Among the important personalities were Yayati, Yadu, King Puru, Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu.

Chandravansha ([Lunar Dynasty])

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King Pururavas was the founder of Chandravansha. He founded Lunar Dynasty in Treta Yuga. According to Ramayana and Mahabharata, King Pururavas was the son of Ila and Budha. The Important Personalities were Yayati, Yadu, King Puru, Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu. According to Mahabharata, Pandava and Kaurava were from the lineage of King Puru. Kartavirya Arjuna, Shree Krishna and Balarama were from the lineage of King Yadu. Yadu Vamsa known as Yadavas.
Turvasu's descendants were Mleccha of Balochistan and Dravidas of South India. Druhyu's descendants were Gandhara, Shakuni etc., Anu's descendants were Madras, Kekayas, King Ushinara and Shibi Chakravarthi, etc.
1. Brahma
2. Atri
3. Chandra
4. Budha

The Chandravanshi ([Lunar Dynasty]) Kings

The Chandravansha was founded in Treta Yuga.
  1. Pururavas
  2. Aayu, Shrutayu, Satyayu, Raya, Jaya and Vijaya were the sons of King Pururavas
  3. Nahusha, Kshatravrdhdha, Raji, Rabha and Anena were the sons of Aayu
  4. Yati, king Yayati was second son of King Nahusha. He had 2 wives and 5 sons.Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu and King Puru were the 5 sons of Yayati.Devayani and Sharmishtha were the two wives of Yayati., Samyati, Ayati, Viyati and Kriti were the sons of Nahusha.

    [King Puru] Dynasty (lineage)

The Puru Dynasty Kings such as King Puru and Janamejaya were once defeated by Ravana of Lanka.
  1. King Puru
  2. Janamejaya I
  3. Prachinwan
  4. Pravira
  5. Manasyu
  6. Risheyu
  7. Matinara
  8. Charupada
  9. Suduyu
  10. Bahugava
  11. Sanyati
  12. Ahamyati
  13. Sarvabhauma
  14. Jayatsena
  15. Arachina
  16. Arihana
  17. Mahabhauma
  18. Ayutanayin
  19. Akrodhana
  20. Devaththi
  21. Arihana
  22. Riksha
  23. Matinara
  24. Rantinava
  25. Tansu
  26. Illina
  27. Dushyanta
  28. Emperor Bharata

    [Emperor Bharata] Dynasty

conquered whole world from Kashmir to Kumari and established the great Lunar Dynasty and by the glory, zenieth and name of this king India was called as Bharatavarsha or Bharatakhanda or Bharatadesha or Bharata. He was named so because he was having the blessings of Goddess Saraswati and Lord Hayagriva. So, India also called so it developed Vedic Studies since Vedic era.
  1. Bhumanyu
  2. Suhotra
  3. Ajamida
  4. Riksha
  5. Samvaruna
  6. Kuru
  7. Anasawan
  8. Parikshit
  9. Janamejaya
  10. Dhirtarashtra
  11. Brihadkshatra
  12. Hasthi was the founder of Hastinapur
  13. Vikuntana
  14. Ajamida
  15. Rishin was a Saintly King
  16. Samvaruna
  17. Kuru= By the name and glory of this king, the dynasty was called Kuru dynasty and was the founder of Magadha Kingdom.
  18. Vidhuratha
  19. Jahnu
  20. Suratha
  21. Vidhuratha
  22. Sarvabhauma
  23. Jayasena
  24. Radhika
  25. Ayutayu
  26. Akrodhana
  27. Devaththi
  28. Riksha
  29. Dilipa
  30. Anaswan
  31. Parikshit
  32. Janamejaya
  33. Bheemasena
  34. Prathishravas
  35. Pratipa
  36. Shantanu
  37. Bhishma was the youngest son of Shantanu and River Ganga.
  38. Chitrāngada and Vichitravirya were the sons of Shantanu and Satyavati
  39. Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura were the sons of Vichitravirya
  40. Pandava were the five sons of Pandu and Kaurava were the 101 sons of Dhritarashtra
  41. Ghatotkacha was the son of Bhima and Hidimbi, Abhimanyu was the son of Arjuna and Subadra and Upapandavas were the 5 sons of Pandava and Draupadi
  42. Parikshit was the son of Abhimanyu
  43. Janamejaya
  44. Satanika
  45. Ashwamedhatta

    Kuru Dynasty

Kuru a king of Puru dynasty by which the dynasty was called Kuruvansha or Kauravas. By his name, the district in Haryana was called as Kurukshetra. This Battlefield before the birth of Bhishma, Shantanu and Pratipa was the Yagnabhumi of this King in Dvapara Yuga. by the glory, zeneith and name of this king the dynasty was hence called as Kuruvansh or Kuru Dynasty and the kingdom also reneamed from Paurava Kingdom to Kuru Kingdom. After these Kings several kings of this dynasty established several kingdoms. He had 3 sons namely Vidhuratha who became the ruler of Pratisthana, Vyushitaswa who died at very young and Sudhanva became the ruler of Magadha. So Vidhuratha became the king. Magadha was the founder of Magadha Kingdom.
  1. Sudhanava
  2. Sudhanu
  3. Suhotra
  4. Chyavana
  5. Chavana
  6. Krtri
  7. Kriti
  8. Krta
  9. Krtyagya
  10. Krtavirya
  11. Krtasena
  12. Krtaka
  13. Uparichara Vasu conquered Chedi Kingdom.
  14. Brihadratha, Pratyagraha became the King of Chedi whose Great-Grandson was Shishupala, Kusambhi, Mavella, Yadu and Matsya were the sons of Vasu and Satyavati who later married Shantanu was the daughter of Vasu.
  15. Jarasandha
  16. Sahadeva of Magadha
  17. Somadhi

    Panchala Dynasty

Once in Treta Yuga, there lived a sage called Chuli. He was named so because he worships the lord Shiva always with a Shulam. Apsaras Somada who was the daughter of Apsaras Urmila came to him. Then Sage asked that what she want. Somada asked him to marry her and to give a brave and a valiant son. Soon they were married and in short time a son was born to them. He was Brahmadatta who married 100 daughters of Kushanabha who was the grandfather of Sage and this king formed his kingdom's capital named Kampilya long before the 5 Panchala brothers. But his dynasty's reign were very short.
After his descendants' reign, it came under the control of Pauravas. Ajamida of Paurava Dynasty who was the descendant of Puru had 2 sons namely Samvaruna whose descendant was Kuru and Brihadvasu whose descendants were Panchalas.
  1. Brihadvasu
  2. Brihadbhanu
  3. Brihatkaya
  4. Puranjaya
  5. Riksha
  6. Bramhyaswa
  7. Aramyaswa
  8. Mudgala, Yavinara, Pratiswa, Kampilya and Srnjaya were the sons of Aramyaswa and were the founders of Panchala Kingdom and were called as Panchalas.
  9. Dritimana was the son of Mudgala
  10. Drdhanemi
  11. Sarvasena was the founder of Ujjain Kingdom
  12. Mitra
  13. Rukmaratha
  14. Suparswa
  15. Sumathi
  16. Sannatimana
  17. Krta
  18. Pijavana
  19. Somadutta
  20. Jantuvahana
  21. Badhrayaswa
  22. Brihadhishu
  23. Brihadhanu
  24. Brihadkarma
  25. Jayaratha
  26. Visvajit
  27. Seinyajit
  28. Nepavirya
  29. Samara
  30. Sadashva
  31. Ruchiraswa
  32. Pruthusena
  33. Prapti
  34. Prthaswa
  35. Sukrthi
  36. Vibhiraja
  37. Anuha
  38. Bramhadatta was a Saintly King
  39. Vishwaksena was a Devotee of Lord Vishnu
  40. Dandasena
  41. Durmukha
  42. Durbuddhi
  43. Dharbhya
  44. Divodasa
  45. Sivana
  46. Mitrayu
  47. Maitrayana
  48. Soma
  49. Sivana
  50. Sadasana
  51. Sahadeva
  52. Somaka
  53. 100 sons eldest was Sugandakrthu and youngest was Prishata. But in a war 99 sons died and Prishata Survived and became the king of Panchala.
  54. Drupada was the son of Prishata
  55. Dhrishtadyumna was the son of Drupada, Draupadi and Shikhandi were the daughters of Drupada.

    [Yadu] Dynasty

Once Chandravansha King Yayati was suffering from a curse, he requested his five sons to help relieve him from that curse. All the four sons agreed to help except the youngest. Yayati cursed his son Yadu that his descendants are not worth to be a royal one. Yadu apologized for the mistake he committed. Yayati gave him a boon that Lord Narayana himself will born in his dynasty. The descendants of Yadu were Sahasrabahu Kartavirya Arjuna, Krishna etc.,

Haihaya Dynasty

Sahasrajit was the eldest son of Yadu whose descendant were Haihayas. After Kartavirya Arjuna, his grandsons Talajangha and his son, Vitihotra had occupied Ayodhya which was ruled by Rama's ancestor Sagara's father Bahuka who was also known as Asita. Talajangha, his son Vitihotra were killed by King Sagara. Their descendants exiled to Kroshtas, a division of Yadava Dynasty.
  1. Sahasrajit
  2. Satajit
  3. Mahahaya, Renuhaya and Haihaya.
  4. Dharma was the son of Haihaya.
  5. Netra
  6. Kunti
  7. Sohanji
  8. Mahishman was the founder of Mahishmati on the banks of River Narmada.
  9. Bhadrasenaka
  10. Durmada
  11. Durdama
  12. Bhima
  13. Samhata
  14. Kanaka
  15. Dhanaka
  16. Krtavirya, Krtagni, Krtavarma and Krtauja.
  17. Arjuna was the son of Krtavirya who ruled 88000 years and was finally killed by Lord Parashurama.
  18. Jayadhwaja, Surasena, Vrshabha, Madhu and Urujit were left by Parshurama and 995 others were killed by Lord Parashurama.
  19. Talajangha
  20. Vithihotra
  21. Madhu
  22. Vrshni

    Kroshta Dynasty

Yadu had a son named Kroshta whose descendant was Krishna. Once, Satvata and his son Bhima caught hold of Lord Rama's Ashwamedha Sacrifice horse and then they were defeated by Hanuman and Shatrughna and the Yadava Kingdom were given to Ikshvaku Dynasty. Rama then gave the kingdom to Shatrughna's son Subahu before his journey to Vaikunta. Then, finally Andhaka recovered his paternal kingdom from Subahu after the journey to Vaikunta of Rama.
  1. Yadu was the Founder of Yadu Dynasty and Yadava Kingdom.
  2. Kroshta
  3. Vrajnivan
  4. Vrajpita
  5. Bhima
  6. Nivriti
  7. Viduratha
  8. Vikrati
  9. Vikravan
  10. Swahi
  11. Swati
  12. Ushnaka
  13. Rasadu
  14. Chitraratha
  15. Sashabindu
  16. Madhu = By the name and glory of this King Lord Krishna was called Madhava and the Yadavas were called Madhu Yadava or Madhavas.
  17. Prithushrava
  18. Vrishni was a Yadava king Whose dynasty was called as Vrshni Dynasty.
  19. Antara
  20. Suyajna
  21. Ushna
  22. Marutta
  23. Kambhoja was a Bhoja King who founded the Kamboja Kingdom and his descendants were Kambhojas
  24. Shineyu
  25. Ruchaka
  26. Rukmakavacha
  27. Jayamadha
  28. Vidarbha was the Founder of Vidarbha Kingdom
  29. Kratha
  30. Raivata
  31. Vishwagarbha
  32. Padmavarna
  33. Sarasa
  34. Harita
  35. Madhu
  36. Madhava
  37. Puruvasa
  38. Purudvan
  39. Jantu
  40. Satvata was a Yadava King whose descendants were called Satvatas.
  41. Bhima
  42. Andhaka was another Yadava King whose descendants were called Andhakas.
  43. Mahabhoja was a Yadava King who married Kanakamalika who was the granddaughter of Lord Rama and Sita. She was the Daughter of King Kusha.
  44. Raivata
  45. Vishwagarbha
  46. Vasu
  47. Kriti
  48. Kunti
  49. Dhrishti
  50. Turvasu
  51. Darsha
  52. Vyoma
  53. Jimuta
  54. Vikruthi
  55. Bhimaratha
  56. Rathvara
  57. Navratha
  58. Dashratha
  59. Ekadasharatha
  60. Shakuni
  61. Karibhi
  62. Devarata
  63. Devakshetra
  64. Devala
  65. Madhu
  66. Bhajmana
  67. Puruvasha
  68. Puruhotra
  69. Kumaravansha
  70. Kumbalabarhi
  71. Rukamatwacha
  72. Kuruvasha
  73. Anu
  74. Pravarta
  75. Purumitra
  76. Shrikara was a Yadava King who was the disciple of lord Hanuman. After completing education from lord Hanuman, he got a boon from lord Hanuman was that lord Narayana will take birth in Yadu's dynasty.
  77. Chitraratha
  78. Viduratha
  79. Shoora
  80. Sharma
  81. Prathikshara
  82. Swayambhoja
  83. Hridhika
  84. Vrishni
  85. Devamudha
  86. Surasena and Parjanya
  87. Vasudeva and others were the son of Surasena and Nanda Baba was the son of Parjanya
  88. Balarama, Krishna and others
  89. Pradyumna was the son of Krishna.
  90. Aniruddha
  91. Vajra
  92. Pratibahu
  93. Subahu
  94. Shantasena
  95. Shatasena

    Chedi Dynasty

Yadu's descendant Vidarbha who was the founder of Vidarbha Kingdom has three sons Kusha, Kratha and Romapada. Kusha was the founder of Dwaraka. Romapada was given central India Madhya Pradesh. King Romapada's descendants were the Chedis. During the reign of Lord Rama, Tamana and his father Subahu fought against Rama while doing Ashvamedha Sacrifice and were defeated by Lord Hanuman.
  1. Romapada
  2. Babhru
  3. Krti
  4. Ushika
  5. Chedi was the founder of Chedi Kingdom
  6. Subahu
  7. Virabahu
  8. Subahu
  9. Tamana

    Kukura Dynasty

Kukura was the son of Vasu who was the son of Vishwagarbha, a descendant of Yadu. His descendants were Ugrasena, Kamsa and Devaki was the adopted daughter of Ugrasena. After Devaka, his younger brother Ugrasena reigned at Mathura.
  1. Kukura
  2. Vrshni
  3. Riksha
  4. Kapotarma
  5. Tittiri
  6. Punarvasu
  7. Abhijit
  8. Dhrshnu
  9. Ahuka
  10. Devaka and Ugrasena
  11. Kamsa, Devaki and 10 others