In Hindu texts, the Puru and Yadu Dynasties are the descendants of legendary King
Pururavas who was a famous Hindu ruler in the
Treta Yuga. Pururavas was the son of
Ila and
Budha. Some of the dynasties' important members were
Yayati,
Yadu,
King Puru, Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu. According to
Hindu mythology, Yayāti was one of the ancestors of
Pandavas and the Yaduvamsha.
King Pururavas was a ruler of Treta Yuga. According to the
Ramayana and the
Mahabharata, Pururavas was the son of Ila and Budha. Some important members were Yayati, Yadu, Puru, Turvasu, Druhyu, and Anu. According to the Mahabharata, the Pandavas and the
Kauravas were from the lineage of
Puru.
Kartavirya Arjuna,
Krishna and
Balarama were from the lineage og Yadu. Turvasu's descendants are named to be the Mlecchas of Balochistan and Dravidas of South India. Druhyu's descendants included the
Gandharas and
Shakuni. Anu's descendants included
ehy
Madras,
Kekayas, Ushinara, and
Shibi.
Ayu, Shrutayu, Satyayu, Raya, Jaya and
Vijaya were the sons of Pururavas
Nahusha, Kshatravrdhdha, Raji, Rabha and Anena were the sons of Ayu
Yati,
Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, Viyati, Nishanta, and Kriti were the sons of Nahusha
Yayati had two wives and five sons. Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu, and Puru were the five sons of Yayati.
Devayani and
Sharmishtha were the two wives of Yayati.
Bharata (Mahabharata) conquered the whole world from
Kashmir (pole) to Kumari (coast) and established the great
Lunar dynasty and by the glory, zenith and name of this king, India was called as Bharatavarsha or Bharatakhanda or Bharatadesha or Bharata. He was named so because he had the blessings of Goddess
Saraswati and Lord
Hayagriva.
India developed Vedic studies (Sanatana Dharma) in the
Vedic Period.
Kuru II (By the name and glory of this king, the dynasty was called Kuru Kingdom and was the founder of Magadha Kingdom.)
Ajamida 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 (Trident). Apsara Somada who was the daughter of Apsaras Urmila came to him. Then Sage asked what she wanted. 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 I who married 100 daughters of Kushanabha who was the grandfather of Sage Vishwamitra 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 the Paurava, Ajamida II, who was a descendant of Puru.
Ajamida II had a son named Rishin (a saintly king). Rishin had 2 sons namely Samvarana II whose son was Kuru and Brihadvasu whose descendants were Panchalas.
Mudgala (Rajrshi who married Nala and Damayanti's daughter)
Yavinara
Pratiswa, Kampilya (Founder of Kampilya - Capital of Panchala Kingdom) and Srnjaya were the sons of Aramyaswa and were the founders of Panchala Kingdom and were called as Panchalas.
Jayaratha (Possible Contemporary of Suryavanshi Emperor
Ramachandra)
Visvajit
Seinyajit
Nepavirya (after this King's name the country was named Nepal)
Samara
Sadashva
Ruchiraswa
Pruthusena
Prapti
Prthaswa
Sukrthi
Vibhiraja
Anuha
Bramhadatta II was a Saintly King (Rajarishi)
Vishwaksena was a Devotee of Lord Vishnu
Dandasena
Durmukha
Durbuddhi
Dharbhya
Divodasa
Sivana I
Mitrayu
Maitrayana
Soma
Sivana II
Sadasana
Sahadeva
Somaka
Sugandakrthu and Prihasta ( Somaka had 100 sons; whom the eldest was Sugandakrthu and youngest was Prishata. However, in a war the 99 elder sons died and Prishata Survived and became the king of Panchala)
Kuru II, a king of Puru dynasty after whom the dynasty was named 'Kuruvansha' or 'Kaurava'. After his name, the district in
Haryana was called as
Kurukshetra. This battlefield before the birth of
Bhishma,
Shantanu and
Pratipa was the Yagnabhumi (sacred place or sacrificial place or capital city of Kuru Kingdom) of this King in
Dvapara Yuga. By the glory, zenith and name of this king the dynasty was hence the Kuru Dynasty and the kingdom was renamed from Paurava Kingdom to Kuru Kingdom. After these Kings several kings of this dynasty established several kingdoms. He had three sons, namely Vidhuratha I who became the ruler of
Pratisthana,
Vyushitaswa who died at a very young age, and Sudhanva, who became the ruler of
Magadha. Henceforth, Vidhuratha became the king of Hastinapura.
Chitrāngada (Son of Shantanu, who was killed prematurely).
Bhishma, who was the eldest son of the Shantanu and
Ganga; had functioned as the regent of the Kurus, under Chitrāngada, Vichitravirya, Pandu and Dhritarashtra II
Vichitravirya (Younger brother of Chitrāngada, who died prematurely).
Pandu ( Son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika).
Vidura, who was his half brother, served as his, and his elder brother's Prime Minister.
Dhritarashtra II (Older half-brother of Pandu, and son of
Ambika who didn't succeed Vichitravirya directly due to his blindness).
The
Kauravas, led by
Duryodhana (Sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, who were slain in the Kurukshetra War). They
Brihadratha (father of Jarasandha and the King of Magadha), Pratyagraha became the King of Chedi whose Great-Grandson was
Shishupala, Kusambhi (Vatsa), Mavella, Yadu and Matsya (founder of Matsya Kingdom whose Great-Grandson was Virata who was the founder of Viratanagara) were the sons of Vasu and Vasu daughter
Satyavati who later married
Shantanu.)
Once Yadu dynasty King
Yayati was suffering from a curse, he requested his five sons to help relieve him from that curse. All the four sons disagreed to help except the youngest. Yayati cursed his eldest 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.
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 (Madhu and Vrshni) exiled to Kroshtas, a division of Yadava Dynasty.
Sahasrajit
Satajit
Mahahaya, Renuhaya and Haihaya (the founder of Haihaya Kingdom). (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king Mandhatri)
Dharma was the son of Haihaya.
Netra
Kunti
Sohanji
Mahishman was the founder of
Mahishmati on the banks of River Narmada.
Bhadrasenaka (Bhadrasena) (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king
Trishanku)
Durmada (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king Harischandra)
Durdama
Bhima
Samhata
Kanaka
Dhanaka
Krtavirya, Krtagni, Krtavarma and Krtauja. (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king
Rohitashva)
Sahasrabahu
Kartavirya Arjuna was the son of Krtavirya who ruled 88 years and was finally killed by Lord
Parashurama.
Jayadhwaja, Vrshabha, Madhu and Urujit were left by Parshurama and 995 others were killed by Lord Parashurama. Pajanya was adopted by Kroshta king Devamidha
Talajangha (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king Asita)
Vithihotra (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king Sagara)
Madhu
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 was given to Ikshvaku Dynasty. Rama then gave the kingdom to Shatrughna's son Subahu before his journey to Vaikunta. Then, finally Andhaka (Son of Bhima) recovered his paternal kingdom from Subahu after the journey to Vaikunta of Rama.
Yadu was the Founder of Yadu Dynasty and
Yadava Kingdom (contemporary of God Parashurama)
Kroshta
Vrajnivan
Vrajpita
Bhima I
Nivriti
Viduratha
Vikrati
Vikravan
Swahi
Swati
Ushnaka
Rasadu
Chitraratha I
Sashabindu (Contemporary to Suryavanshi King Mandhata)
Madhu I (By the name and glory of this king, Lord Krishna was called Madhava and the Yadavas were called Madhu Yadava or Madhavas)
Prithushrava
Vrishni I was a Yadava king whose dynasty was called as Vrshni Dynasty.
Andhaka was another Yadava King whose descendants were called Andhakas.
Mahabhoja
Raivata (Contemporary to Suryavanshi King Athithi)
Vishwagarbha
Vasu
Kriti
Kunti
Dhrishti
Turvasu
Darsha
Vyoma
Jimuta
Vikruthi
Bhimaratha
Rathvara
Navratha
Dashratha
Ekadasharatha
Shakuni
Karibhi
Devarata
Devakshetra
Devala
Madhu
Bhajmana
Puruvasha
Puruhotra
Kumaravansha
Kumbalabarhi
Rukamatwacha
Kuruvasha
Anu
Pravarta
Purumitra
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.
Chitraratha II
Viduratha
Shoora
Sharma
Prathikshara
Swayambhoja
Hridhika
Vrishni II
Devamidha
Surasena was the son of Madisha and Parjanya was the son of Vesparna(2nd wife of Devamidha).
Vasudeva and others were the son of Surasena and Nanda Baba was the son of Parjanya
Balarama, Krishna and others were the sons of Vasudeva.
Yadu's descendant Vidarbha, who was the founder of the
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 II fought against Rama while doing Ashvamedha sacrifice and were defeated by Lord Hanuman. Later,
Uparichara Vasu conquered Chedi.
Vishwagarbha, a descendant of
Vrishni had a son named Vasu. Vasu had two sons, Kriti and Kukura. Kriti's descendants were Shurasena,
Vasudeva,
Kunti, etc. Kukura's descendants were
Ugrasena,
Kamsa and
Devaki, adopted daughter of
Ugrasena. After Devaka, his younger brother
Ugrasena reigned at
Mathura.
Kukura
Vrshni
Riksha
Kapotarma
Tittiri
Punarvasu
Abhijit
Dhrshnu
Ahuka
Devaka and Ugrasena
Kamsa and 10 others were the children of Ugrasena while Devaki, the daughter of Devaka, was the adoptive daughter of Ugrasena.