46) YADU DYNASTY

Yadu had five sons among whom Sahastrajeet was the eldest. Shatarjay was the oson of Sahastrajeet and himself had three sons–Haihya, Haya and Venu. Dharma was Haihya’s son. Dharmanetra was the son of Dharma and himself had two sons–Kirti and Sanjay.Sanjay’s son was Mahishman and Bhadrashrenya was Mahishman’s son. Durdam was the son of Bhadrashrenya and Durdam’s son was Dhanak.

Dhanak had four sons among whom the youngest –Kartaveerya Arjuna was very mighty. He was killed by Parashuran. Kartaveerya Arjuna had many sons among whom Shoor, Shoorsen, Dhrishta, Krishna and Jayadhuraja were prominent. Jayadhwaja had a very mighty son named Talajangha. Talajangha too had many mighty and brave sons like Veetihotra, Vrisha eetc. Vrisha had a son– Madhu. Madhu’s son was Vrishni.

Some  other  prominent  kings  of  Yadu  dynasty  were–Praghrajit,  Jyamagh,  Shrut,  Vidarbh, Subhag, Vayu, Kratha, Kaushik, Romapad, Vabhru, Sughriti, Kunta, Ranadhrista, Bhimarath, Navarath, Dhridharath, Karambha, Devaratha, Devakshatrak and Madhu. The famous Kaurava dynasty came from the lineage of Madhu.

 

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