читать дальшеI have another question. When did Shatrughan rename Madhupuri to Mathura? Wouldn't he have done it on starting, since the city bore the name of Lavanasura's father, and he may have wanted to change that? Or is there a different reason and time when the city got its name?
From what I know, it was Shatrughan who gave Mathura its name
I have another question. Is it the same Mathura which later on Ugrasena rules and then Kamsa in Dwapar Yug? In that case, is Kamsa descended from Shatrughan's line?
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Yes, it's the same Mathura, but Ugrasena is not descended from Shatrughan. Shatrughan was a Suryavansh, whereas Ugrasena and the entire Yadava clan were Chandravansh. Yadu, remember, was a son of Yayati, who was a Chandravansh.
Shatrughan's dynasty ended a few generations after him, and it seems Madhu's family i.e. Lavanasura's descendents got it back. Note that my source for this is RC Majumdar's The Vedic Age, which is a part of his history series, and not any scriptural source like the Puranas.
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Oh, thanks for clearing that up.
Is Yadu the son of Devayani or Sarmishta? Because I remember that Puru, the son of Sarmishta, because the direct heir of his father. I think to prevent revolts amongst his sons, Yayati made Devayani's sons the Yaduvansh and Sarmishta's sons the continuers of the Chandravansh. Don't know if this is true though.
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Yadu's was the son of Devyani and Yayati. the other son being Turavasu.
Sons of Sharmishtha were: Druhyu,Anu,Puru.
It was a curse that expelled Yadus from being called Chandravanshi.
Shatughna's descendents lost Mathura to Bhima-Satavata who were Druhyus, another branch of Chandravanshis. This is mentioned in adiparva MBH.
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In yest epi, Vishwamitra is angry with Ram for what happened to Sita?? I haven't watched the epi but reading the update ,I was amused at the image of Vishwamitra shown here.
Howcome he's so concerned abt what happened to Sita while he never even looked back at his own daughter Shakuntala?
Neither he nor Menaka are bothered abt her and leave the tender baby in the forest until rishi Kanva finds and adopts her.