At the end of last kalp (=Bramha's one day=432 crores years ), a new creation was thought and manifested by Lord Narayana to create many from one.
In the process, came Bramha, the devdwip, from Lord's naval. Bramha's consciousness gave us Marichi, and came Kashyapfrom Marichi's dhyan or prayers. Bramhaji was not pleased by the rate of slow growth of manushyajati or mankind. Thereby, he ordered his son Prajapati to marry Aditi. This new pair gave us Vivashwan or Surya. Later, the love between Surya and Surenu gave us Suryavanshi Manu.
The youngest of Bramha's seven sons, Rishi Vashisht, prayed Manu to perform a putreyshti-yagya ( yagya to beget a son). Unfortunately, the Rishi made a mistake during the yagya procession that resulted in a baby girl named, Ila, instead. However, the Rishi reverted the mistake by recreating Ila to a man called Sudyumn. Interesting enough, Sudyumn got lost in Lord Mahadev's reserved sports forest where Kamdev's kami shakti resulted in Sudyumn's loss of memory. Consequently, Sudyumn reverted to Ila, his original true form. From the start of Somvansh to Shree Krishna, there were 46 generations of kings, all listed below. The dates etc. is discussed at end of generation 46, i.e. Shree Krishna's.
1,2).Som and Buddh, Somvansh
Atri was one of Bramha's seven sons who married Bhadra. He later went on to conceive a son named Som. Som was very attractive young man and eloped with Rishi Brahaspti's wife, Tara. Som and Tara gave birth to Buddh during the absence of Rishi Brahaspti.
3),Pururuva or Yela
According to Bhagavat, son of Som and grandson of Atri, Rishi Buddh came to Bharat-khand for offering prayers and relieve his remorse. Suryavanshi Manu's daughter Ila fell in love with Buddh. They together conceived a son named Pururuva. Later, he became a chakravarti samrat or a great king. The Pururuva dynasty was called "Yela", derived from mother, Ila. Pururuva established the city of Prayag which later became the capital of his kingdom.
During the times of King Pururuva, King Indra's enemy Danavraj Keshi used to rule Hiranyapur. King Pururuva helped Indra in defeating Keshi. Indra, in courtesy, offered Pururuva an apsara, called Urvashi, as a gift. This pair gave birth to six sons, eldest being Ayu, followed by Amavasu, Visvasu, Ritayu, Satayu and Ayutuyu. After sixty years of being together with Pururuva, Urvashi returned to the heavens.
North Pole's cold currents gradually shifted towards South, affecting tremendously the farming and food in the region. The Aryas left the region and gradually migrated towards the warmer regions of the east. Another reason for their migration were powerful Mongols of Mid-Asia whose population growth in the region pressured them to move further towards East and South East.
The eldest son of Suryavanshi Manu, named Ichwaku or Ichwaku Arya, traveled from valleys of the tip of Dariya, a Mid-Asia river, towards the east and came to Kurukshetra and began settling down around a river called Isumati that ran between Vyas and Yamuna rivers. North of the Dariya River was a valley called Ili. Interestingly, it was here were Rishi Buddh and Ila's daughter ,Ela, used to live. However, following the footsteps of Ichwaku, they too started moving towards east and came to the regions of Punjab's Raavi and Satluj rivers. The Ichwaku and Ela Arya were essentially the two branches of Suryavansh and Somvansh who entered the valleys of Bharat-khand from Dariya and Ila valleys. From here on, these two caste of Surya and Somvansh traveled further towards South East and established the mid regions of Kaushalya (Ayodhya), Pryag, Mathura, Kashi and Kanyakubj. Manu's Ichwaku built Ayodhya, Pururuva's eldest son Ayu, built Mathura while the youngest, Amavasu, built Kanyakubj. Finally, Pururuva's grandson built Kashi.
There were many advantages as a result of the migration of the Aryas in the South East. Namely, the denizens of the region already knew the Aryas from the past. Moreover, the Aryas brought the incentive of pashu-dhan (animals). This was significant since a man's or community's worth was measured in terms of the number of animals and men he possessed.
"Asvinam suputrinam veervant gomant rathi nashti swasti."
Notably, there was a difference between the Aryas who migrated with families and the Aryas who migrated as single men. The former kept their caste members intact along with their culture for generations. However, the latter married the women of the region that concluded in losing the true Arya identity. To compound this point, even today, descendants of the Arya origin of North-Western states and Punjab regions have distinctive qualities such as good height, fairness and sharp nose features. Conversely, the native Bhartiya's were and are different from the Aryas as they are characterized by dark skin tone and small height. Unfortunately, as the Aryas moved further towards the East and into the Southern regions of Satpuda they were compelled to gradually perform intercaste marriages with the natives. Naturally this affected the physical appearance of the upcoming generations.
The Aryas were a group of people who had certain prominent characteristics. They had strong will power and considered themselves to be the best. They used to wish and pray for winning wars and strong sons. They believed strongly in their mother and motherland and considered them to be better than heaven as they wished for a similar environment after death.
"Janani janmbhoomichav swargdapi gariyasi."
The Aryas also had strong family values. The Aryas could only marry once and believed in the Vedic philosphy of married life. The Aryas could not get divorce and thereby, a divorcee could never marry again. A child marriage was not possible even in their imagination. In addition, the Arya society was a male dominated society as the father and the elder brother were most influential in the family and the emphasis was always put on having a son during childbirth. Moreover, the community valued women, as there was no rule that a women should do parda as well as the fact that she did not have to do a sati pratha or agni-dah if her husband died. As for animals, cow meat was prohibited and considered an ugly act whilst sheep and goats, however, were slaughtered for gods. Alcoholic beverages were considered unholy.
4. King Ayu
Ayu's dynasty due to king Som was called Somvansh or Chandravansh. Som's son was Buddh and Buddh's son was Pururuva. King Pururuva's son, Ayu was the fourth Somvanshi. The tree is as follows:
Bramha --> Atri
1. Som: Rishi Atri and Bhadra's son
2. Buddh: Som and Tara's son
3. Pururuva: Buddh and Ila's son
4. Ayu: Pururuva's and Urvashi son.
King Ayu married King Sarvbhanu's (Rahu) daughter Prabha. Yuvraj Nahush was their eldest son. Kshtravardh, Rambh, Rajji and Adena were their other four sons. As mentioned before, King Ayu established the city of Mathura on the banks of Yamuna River. In times to come, Prayag was considered to be the Yadav's mainland and Mathura was the capital for many generations during their rule. The Tartars from Mid-Asia considered Ayu to be their forefather. In their local language "Ayu" was considered plural of Chandrama (moon) and was considered a symbolic representation of god. Tartar's "Ayu", Chineese "Yu" and Puranas' "Ayu" are all synonyms of Indu or Chandrama(moon). New castes kept emerging and Ayus kept fading as the time progressed.
The old scriptures of Bharat do not indicate that Arya's migrated any further to other regions. On the contrary, there are evidences that Elas did migrate towards west from Bharat while the Druhus came from the east to Sindh regions. Elas were of King Pururuva's dynasty while Druhus were of King Yayati ( more on this later ). Even in the Rig Vedas, the mention of rivers from the east towards the west represents the migration pattern of people in the same direction.
The Aryas of Bharat had a marvelous society. They flourished in almost every aspect such as the arts, business, industry and utilities, things that were second to none in recorded history. To continue this growth they needed to maintain peace and friendship with their fellow kinsmen as well as other people. Keeping this in mind, the Aryas used to worship Indra and Agni to protect them from internal or external conflicts in order to consistently succeed in life.
In all of the old scriptures, Aryas were a known fact. In the Rig Vedas there are many positive references to Arya by classifying them as great people and were addressed with respected names such as Shreeman, Maalik, Manyavar, Mahodaya etc.
It is just an assumption that Arya's immigrated from west into Bharat one after another. Conversely, it is known that their migration patterns were only within wide Bharat-khand. In perspective, what incentive did these eastern Aryas have to make them migrate towards West and leave the resourceful Sindhu and Saraswati valleys? In reality, the Arya businessmen had already settled in western Asia minor (Turkey), Sumer and Mistra - the northern Soretugai, Sir Dariya ( Vakushu) and Kashyap sea shore lines. Wherever these businessmen got settled, they established towns which were known as Arya-Sthal. They expanded their business activities, made new relations and constructed many new temples. With time, the folks within and immigrants grew the population of an already well settled rich cultural society along with lanuage and business.
The path or roads from Bharat towards the west included Khaibar and Bolan darras. These paths were known for notorious looters and fighters. Thereby, this path was unsuitable from the security point of view. As an alternative, the river paths of Sindhu and Saraswati, though longer, was considered much safer, and thus, preferred. From these river roads, the business ships used to end at Makran sea shores and thereafter were roads to move forward into the west and mid-asia regions after crossing mountians. Along with businesses, there were preachers who used to travel into these western regions and promote the Arya culture, languages, darshan, discussions, way of life etc. Gradually, this made an impact and changed the way the western or Mid-Asian culture initially used to be.
5) King Nahush
The prince of King Ayu. He married queen Vraja ( Political Bharat B.C., Raghunath Kali). They had six sons, Princes Yati, Yayati, Samati, Ayati, Viyati and Kriti along with a Princess, Ruchi, who later married the son of Chayavan and Sukanya, Aapnvan.
In the 10th war with Devasurs, King Indra killed the Trishira bramhin. He was condemned for killing a bramhin and as a result, Indra escaped heaven and took hiding in an unknown place. During his absense, the kings of heaven chose King Nahush to take care of their kingdom. Unfortunately, one day, King Nahush got attracted towards Indra's queen, Sachi ( Indrani ) and in a rush to reach her, ordered the Bramhins to take his paliki to Sachi. This request infuriated the bramhins since they cursed the King and got him removed from his position as the ruler by requesting other kings of heaven.
6) King Yayati
The eldest Prince of King Nahush, Yati was very religious by nature. He forgoed his birthright to rule the kingdom by his pure will and opted for bhakti instead. The second son of Nahush, Yayati became the king in place of Yati. King Yayati had two wives. One was Devyani, the daughter of Danav guru, Sukracharya and the other was Sharmishtha, the daughter of Danav King. Devyani was the mother of Princes Yadu and Turvasu whereas Sharmishta was the mother of Druhu, Anu and Puru. All of the Princes earned good names and fame during time of Rig Veda and were jointly called as Panchjanya.
King Yayati, in order to please his kamic senses ordered Yadu to exchange his youth with him. Yadu and the other following, three sons refused their father's request except the youngest son, Puru. Rishi Ushna Bhargav, using the youth sciences transformed the youth of a son into a father and vice-versa. King Yayati, unpleased with Yadu, took away his birthright to rule and gave it to Prince Puru instead. Prince Puru was married to Princess Pausthi. Before the youth exchange with his father, his sons were called Pauravs. The Paurav dynasty was carried forward by Kuru and the Kuru descendants, Kaurav and Pandav, carried forward Kuru dynasty. On the other hand, Yadu's dynasty was called "Yaduvanshi".
King Yayati distributed his kingdom amongst his five sons. Prince Puru received the great Prayag, the capital, situated between southern regions of Ganges and Yamuna; Prince Yadu received the south western teritories which included Charmvati ( chambal ), Vetravati ( Betva ) and Shuktimati ( Keyn ). Prince Druhu received western regions of Yamuna; Prince Anu got the city of Kanyakubj and Prince Turvasu received the south eastern teritories of Riva.
The Druhu and Anu dynasty captured Punjab and North-Western frontier states as well in later times. However, they just did not stop here and continued their expansion into west, outside the Bharatvarsh. This resulted in their gradual disappearence from Bharat itself. However, they carried Bharat's culture, civilization, customs into western countries. The Baktryiya Yunani who were also known as 'Yavan', were Anu's dynasty. Later on, the Turvasu dynasty also drifted from Bharatvarsh. Only Yadu and Puru dynasty remained in Bharat and completely transformed the face of Bharatvarsh in time to come.
Yadu and Puru dynasty remained the central point of source of Bharatiya history. King Puru was great grand father of King Dushyant and had a son named Bharat. It is from Bharat that the country got its name and came to be known as Bharatvarsh. King Kuru was born during King Puru's time, whose offsprings were Kaurav and Pandav. These were the same renowned Kaurav and Pandavs who fought the epic battle of Mahabharat. The dynasty of king Yadu - Andhak, Vrasni and Bhoj, under the leadership of Shree Krishna, helped the Pandavs win the battle.
As mentioned earlier, King Yayati helped the Devgans during the battle with Devasurs. The pleased Indra had offered Yayati a divya-charriot as a gift for his help. Many centuries later, Jarasandh got the same charriot as a privilege of being Janmeyjaya, son of King Kuru. However, Shree Krishna obtained the same later on by power.
King Yayati became tired of ruling the vast territories from Prayag to Mid-States. Therefore, during his older days, he took off to the forests and eventually became a monk.
7) King Yadu and Yaduvansh
The prince of King Yayati, Yadu was a self respecting and a very established ruler. He had four sons. They were: Prince Sashtrajeet, Kroshta, Nal and Ripu. The kings between Rishi Buddh and Yayati were known as Somvanshi. As mentioned before, Yadu had officially lost the title to govern by his father's command since he had refused to exchange his youth with his father. Thereby, he could not have carried on the same dynasty, called Somvanshi. Notably, the only remaining dynasty of King Puru was entitled to be known as Somvanshi. Thereby King Yadu ordered that the future generations of his would be known as "Yadu" or "Yadav" and the dynasty would be known as "Yaduvanshi". The generations of Yadu had an unprecedented growth and got divided into two branches. King Sashtrajeet's generation came to be known as "Haihai Yadav" occupying the northern regions whereas the King Kroshta's generation became to be known as "Kroshta Yadav' occupying southern regions. King Haihai was Satajeet's son and Sashtrajeet's grandson. King Sashtrajeet instituted a new state and a new dynasty and offered the same, by his own will and against his birth right, to be taken care of by his younger brother Kroshta. Thereby, Kroshta officially became the heer of King Yadu.
Consequently, the generations of King Puru, Paurav or Puruvanshi were the only ones to be known as Somvanshi.
The Aryas who established the businesses in Kathiavad regions from Kurushetra, Surseni, Indrapasth etc, continued this approach of economy in later times as well. Thereby, Kathiavad became the business center for Vrashni Yadav's and in vedic times it was recorded that these Yadav traveled many distances using sea etc. The saftey credit for such travels by the generations of Yadu and Turvasu was given to Indra. Some excerpts are as follows:
Rig Veda: 6.45.1 ya anayat paravatah suniti turvashu yadu'm. Indrasya sah nah yuvam sakha.
Rig Veda: 1.174.9;6.10.12. pra yat samudram ati shur parshi paraya turvasha yadu swasti.
Rig Veda: 4.30.17, ut tya turvashayadu asnatara sachipati-ah. Indra vidwan aparayat.
Rig Veda: 8.7.18, yen av-ah turvasam yadu'm yen kadvam dhansptam. Raye su tasya dhemahi.
8) King Kroshta
After King Yadu, his second son, prince Kroshta acquired the kingdom and became the first Yaduvanshi ruler. His generations became to be known as "Kroshta Yadav"
9. King Vrajnivan or Vrajpita
10. King SwahiKing after Kroshta
11. King Ushnak ( a.k.a Roosdrig, Roosdrug, Unkas )
12. King Chitrarath: King after Ushnak
13. King Sashibindu
A powerful King after King Chitrarath. In Sashibindu's leadership, the Kroshta Yadavs won the states from King Puru's dynasty in addition to some part of land from his brother Druhu's estates. He was from the same timeline as King Mandhata, the great grand father of king Dashrath and Ram. Shashibindu's daughter, Bindumati was married to Mandhata, however, they were great enemies. King Mandhata won the Kanyakubj from Anu's dynasty along with parts of land from Pauravs and Druhavs. The King of Druhavs, Gandhar, fled to what is now known as Afganistan and took shelter there. Later on, this same place was named Gandhar. Sashibindu, in an endless mode to acquire more land, created several problems in the states of Pauravs, Anuvs and Druhavs , resulting in higly unstable states. Therefore, all the lands from the generations of King Yayati and his second wife, Queen Sharmistha:Puru, Anu and Druhu - were acquired by King Sahibindu and King Mandhata.
Due to the rise of Kroshta Yadav King Sashibindu, - the Haihai Yadavs had a wrong impact on society as well. Under the leadership of King Arjun Kirtivirya ( Sahastrabahu ), the Haihai Yadavs forced the Bhargav Bramhins of Narmada River to leave Kanyakubj and attain shelter in Ayodhya. The Haihai took the Kamdhenu cow of Rishi Jamdagni by force. This was the primary cause of the enimity between Haihai Yadavs and Bramhins. Under the leadership of Parshuram, son of the Rishi Jamdagni, the Bramhins attacked the Kshatriyas twenty one times. Every time, the kshatriyas lost. Therefore, they accepted the defeat as their ill fate and the Bramhins over took the ruling. During the Bramhin ruling, the Vaishyas and Sudras became troublesome broke away from the established caste system. Teasing and harassing Bramhin ladies became a normal act. Due to the lack of peace and law and order, the high caste society became highly sensitive and unstable from the lower caste. During these tough times, by the advise of Rishi Kashyap and other Rishis, King Vidurth - a Puruvanshi - overtook the ruling and brought back the peace to the Bramhins from the lower caste.
14. King Bhoj
15. King Prithushrava
16. King Dhamraa
17. King Ushna
18. King Ruchak
19. King Jyamagh
20. King Vidharbh
Established the southern state of Vidharbh. He had three sons named Krath, Kaushik and Rompad. One of the decendants of Rompad was called Chedi. He established the states of Chedi, which is now known as Chanderi
21. King Krath
22. King Kunti or Kriti
23. King Dhrishti
24. King Nivriti
25. King Darshah, whose generations were called as "Darshah Yadav".
26. King Vyom
27. King Bhim
28. King Jimut
29. King Vikriti
30. King Bhimrath
31. King Navrath
32. King Dashrath
33. King Shakuni
34. King Karibhi
35. King Devrat
36. King Devshtra
37. King Madhu
During his rule, Yadavs had become very powerful. The generations of King Madhu, known as "Madhu Yadav" or "Madhav" ruled from the South-Western states of Gujarat to Northern states of Yamuna river.
38 King Kumarvansh ( Kuruvashah)
39. King Anu ( Anshu )
40. King Puruhotra ( Purumitra )
41. King Satvatta
He had six sons named Princes Bhajan, Bhajman, Divya, Devvardh, Andhak, Mahabhoj and Vrashni. The dynasties of Satvatta, Andhak and Vrishni were known as "Satvatta Yadav", "Andhak Mahabhoj Yadav" and "Vrishni Yadav" respectively.
King Satvatta was from the same time period as King Ram of Ayodha. After Lord Ram disappeared, the Ayodha Kingdom lost its prestige. In a few generations, the states of Yadavs and Pauravs excelled and took the lead. The Yadavs mainly had four states of which Andhak and Vrishni were most significant.
King Andhak's state was in Mathura and had two sons, Prince Kukur and Bhajman. The generations of Kukur were Drashnu, Kapot-Rome, Devatta Viloman, Nal, Abhijit, Punarvasu and Ahuk. Ahuk had two sons, Devak and Ugrasen. Devak's daughter, Devaki was married to King Vasudev and gave us Lord Shree Krishna. Ugrasen, King of Mathura had a son named Kans, who by force, dethroned his father from his kingdom and became the new king. Furthermore, Kans locked his father Ugrasen, cousin sister Devki and Vasudev in jail. The king of Magadh state, Jarasandh was Kans's father in law. Shree Krishna killed Kans and returned the kingdom back to Ugrasen. Later on, Jarasandh was killed by Bhim.
King Bhajman's generations included Vidurth, Rajdhidev, Shur, Shodashav, Shami, Pratikshrat, and Hridayak. Hridayak had five sons named Kritvarma, Darvah, Devrath, Shatdhanva and Devgarbh. The eldest son of Hridayak, Prince Kritvarma, in spite of being a Bhojvanshi, took Kauravs side during the great battle of Mahabharat. His younger brother, Shatdhanva killed Shatrajeet, a Vrashni Yadav as well as father of Shree Krishna's Queen Satyabhama. Retroactively, Shree Krishna eliminated Shatdhanva. (?)
42.King Vrashni
King Vrashni had three sons named Sumitra, Yudhajeet and Devmudh. The generations of Yudhajeet were Satyaki, Prasen and Shatrajeet (killed by Shatdhanva, as mentioned in 41).
43. King Devmudh
44.King Sursen
The father of Prince Vasudev and Princess Pratha. Pratha was an adopted daughter of King Kuntibhoj, and in time to come, she was known as the famous Kunti. Kunti was married to King Pandu with whom she gave three key players of Mahabharat, Princes Yudhishtir, Bhim and Arjun. Madri, the sister of Madradesh King Shalv, was the second wife of King Pandu and gave the remaining two Pandavs, Princes Nakul and Sahdev. The second daughter of King Sursen, named Shrutvata, was the mother of King Shishupal of Chedi state. The second son of King Sursen was Devbhag and his son was Uddhav.
45.King Vasudev
Brother of Kunti, King Vasudev had two queens. Queen Rohini, mother of Shree Balram and Queen Devki, mother of Shree Krishna. Queen Rohini was daugther of King Prateep and Sunanda. King Prateep, a Puruvanshi (King Kuru's dynasty) was from Hastinapur. Shree Balram was an avatar of Sheshnag whereas Shree Krishna was an avatar of Shree Vishnu.
46. Sree Krishna
The Supreme Lord Himself! Shree Krishna married Princess Rukmani, the daughter of King Bhishmak of Vidarbh state. She was the mother of Pradumgn and an avatar of goddess Laxmi.
Up to the times of Mahabharat, the main goddess of Somvanshi Yadu was Kalika Devi (also known as Sahano Devi). Kalika Devi could not tolerate to see Shree Krishna embarrased by Jarasandh ,thus, with Shree Krishna's consent, the upset Kalika Devi pulled off the "divya.
bhala" (jablin) from Jarasandh in his own darbar. This was important because no one could have harmed Jarasandh as long as he carried the "divya bhala". Kalika Devi offered the "divya bhala" to Shree Krishna. Later on, Jarasandh was assasinated by the mighty Pandav, Bhimsen.
Shree Krishna had eight queens:
1.Rukamni:
The daughter of King Bhishmak of Kananpur. They had nine sons and one daughter. Prince Pradumgn, Sucharu, Chakbhadra, Sadasva, Hasva, Chargupta, Charuk, Charuhas and Princess Charukhasti.
2.Satyabhhabha:
The daughter of King Shatrajeet. They had seven sons. Prince Bhanu, Bhimrath, Khad, Rohit, Diptiman, Tambrandh and Jalandham.
3. Surya:
The daughter of Surya
4.Mantra Vranda:
The daughter of Mantra Vrand. They had three sons. Prince Sumitra, Charumitra and Mitravind.
5. Satya;
The daughter of King Satyajeet.
6.Lakshmana:
The daughter of King Mandra.
7.Jamvanti:
The daughter of King Jamvan. They had a son named Samb.
8.Bhadra;
The daughter of King Bhadrasen.
When did Somvansh start? From Som to Shree Krishna, there were 46 generations of Kings, all listed above. It would be safe to assume that each King ruled approximately 20 years. This resulted a grand total of 920 years upto Shree Krishna's time.
King Hanspat of Hisar city was the 76th Yaduvanshi King after Shree Krishna as per Bharat calendar, Vikram Sanvat 02 ( 055 B.C.). Accordingly, King Hanspat was born roughly 1520 years after Shree Krishna. The total span of Shree Krishna's time line was (1520+55=1575 B.C.) Thus, it is safe to say that Somvansh started during (920+1575=2500 B.C.) This start date of Somvanshi matches with the time lines of Mistra, Chinese and Asirians which is 2218 B.C., 2207 B.C. and 2059 B.C. respectively.
According to Raghunath Singh Kalipahadi, the author of Political Bharat B.C., Kalyuga started after Shree Krishna's nirvan. The start date between Kalyuga and Sak Samvat ( 78 ?) has a difference of about 3179 years. Thereby, the time of Mahabharat can be calculated to 3179+1918+36=5133 years or around 3137 B.C. 36 years was added because Shree Krishna ruled for about 36 more years after the Mahabharat battle. Thus, according to this calculation, Shree Krishna's swargarohan (italicize) took place around 3101 B.C. According to Virendra Bhargav, the author of The Birth of Pyramid and India, the battle of Mahabharat was fought around 3102 B.C.
Shree Krishna used to rule the state of Surseni from Mathura, a complicated affair to handle ,having killed Andhak Yadav, King Kansa. It is because Jarasandh, a powerful ruler of Puruvansh, happened to be father in law of Kansa. Jarasandh attacked Mathura 17 times in revenge of Kansa death by Shree Krishna and was defeated every time and was very insecure. A possible front of Jarasandh, King Kalyavan and Jayadrath could have be risky for Shree Krishna. King Yadu's Yaduvanshi dynasty was now present from Mathura to the far sides of Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kathiavad and Sindh. The various generations of Yadu were ruling many different parts of the Bharatvarsh. Amongst them, the major ones were Sattavatt, Bhoj, Haihai, Chedi, Vidharbh, and Vrishni. Shree Krishna was leading these Yadu Kings as a "Bhoj". For security reasons, this newly developed geo political scene prompted Shree Krishna to move the capital from Mathura to Dwarika of Kathiavad. Dwarika was also known as Dwarvati, Jagatkoot and Kushsthali. Since Dwarika was situated at the far most frontier of the western frontiers.
The decision of changing capitals by Shree Krishna had many advantages to his kingdom. The change reduced the possibility of any major wars with Jarasandh as there was a great natural boundary to cross, the Thar desert. Secondly, the move also proved helpful in controlling the Arabs and Kings of nearby regions of Kathiavad, such as Sauveer and Sindh. Additionally, business trade with other countries of Indian Ocean and Atlantic was more profitable. Afterwards, the Yadavs of Dwarika established much closer ties with the generations of Anu and Druhu of Gandhar (Afganistan) state. Third, further promotion of Vaishnav philosphies amongst western regions was made possible through these situational changes. The archeological findings in these regions do include temples and their remainings. Unfortunately, in later times, the Buddha dharma and Islamic religions reduced these established remnants of Yaduvanshi's in these regions.
Multan was known by many other names such as Kashyappur, Haspur, Bhagpur, Sambhalpur, and Prahladpur. Kashyappur was established by Kashyap, father of Aditya ( Suryadev). Father of Prahlad, King Hirankashyap was from the dynasty of "Daitya", or devils. Shree Krishna, defeated the grandson of Hiranyakashyap, Banasur and gave the state of Sindh-Multan to his son, Samb. Prince Samb was suffering with leprosy due to a curse by Rishi Durvasa. Thus, he could not stay inside the palace of Multan, but stayed outside in a garden instead. Shree Krishna requested Garud to ask the Ayurvedists of Shakdweep to find a cure for Prince Samb. The Ayurvedists told Prince Samb to pray to Lord Suryadev in order to find a cure for his predicament. Prince Samb acknowledged the same and got cured. Thereafter, he made a marvelous temple for Suryadev in the city of Multan. This temple was known for offering prayers to Lord Suryadev and patients of leprosy from all corners used to come here and obtain the Lord's blessings.
Shree Krishna's grandson and son of Pradhugmn, Prince Anirudh was married to daughter of King Banasur or Multan, Princess Usha. They had a son named Mrigketan. Yet another son of Banasur was Kou Bhand, who had a daughter named Rama. Thus, Usha was Rama's "bua". Once Rama had accompanied her bua Usha to Dwarika, Usha's sasural. Once arrived, Anirudh's Uncle, Sambh got attracted towards Rama and married her. They had a son named Ushneek or Ushaneer. Prince Kou Bhand became King after Banasur. But since he had no son, he called up Ushneek and make him the King of Sonitpur, the capital of Mistra. Many centuries later, one of the generations of King Ushneek, Devendra lost the kingdom to Nabi Mohammad and as a result his son, Prince Ugrasen was forced to convert to Islam. Prince Ugrasen was also known as Asvapati. Devendra's second son, Prince Gajpati came to Surat and established his own state. Gajpati's generations were known as "Chudasiya Yadavs". Devendra's third son, defeated Firozshah in Gazni and ruled thereafter. Devendra's fourth son ruled the states of Kacch and Sindh.
It is interesting to note exactly how the "Hindu" word could have come into existence. The aforementioned texts do symbolize that "Hindu" word is a mixed derivation of "Yadu" and "Yahudi". Furthermore, what about "Christ" and "Christian", which resembles so closely to "Krishna" ? This is indicative of the fact that the establishment of Yadhuvanshis in the western regions for a long period of time and their subsequent amalgamation into their religion and culture ( Islamic and Judaism ), carries some weight in supporting similar sounding words in both languages.
During Mahabharat, Shree Krishna led the team and states of Yadav, Vrishni, Bhoj and Kukur. Akroor was the lead from Bhoj and Balram was his strong supporter; Ahuk led the Andhak Yadav; Akroor and Ahuk were friends with Shree Krishna. However, there was always an internal rift amongst them to attain the main lead for the combined front. The main contenders were: Ahuk, Akroor, Gadh, Pradhumn, Balram and Brabhu Ugrasen. Except Brabhu, rest of the leaders opposed Shree Krishna, yet simultaneously, they were strong supporters Him. However, from time to time, Shree Krishna felt that here was a lack of true commitment from the combined front. Thereby, He had complained to Narad Muni that Balram with his physical power; Gadh with his great thinking power, Pradhumn with his attarctive personality used to make Him weaker unneccessarily as well as abused their powers against the will of Akroor, Ahuk and Brabhu. Narad Muni asked Shree Krishna to keep patience as He was the main leader of the Yadu combined front, and that He should oversee small mistakes of His supporters. Otherwise, all of them would suffer!
It is said that Mahabharat was based on a wide, joint Bharat varsh. Ayravrat, whose teritories extended from Kashyap sea to Assam and from Himalayas to Sri Lanka, had to be brought together as one.
After the terrible years of Mahabharat, everything was decadent. The aftermath of the great battle was so mammoth that for a few centuries to come, history stood still with no life. In this long stretch of time, there was no major event to be noted by the historians. It is said that this phase of history was stagnant until the rise of Gautam and Mahavir.
After the end of the Mahabharat war, the infuriated Gandhari, Queen of Hastinapur, remarked to Shree Krishna that if He wanted, the war could have been prevented even after the failure of the peace talks. According to her, Shree Krishna that He was very well aware of the results of the war and in spite of this, he encouraged the war between the Kauravs and Pandavs. Her extreme grief over her sons made her blame Shree Krishna for the end of her "kul" or death of all of her sons. She cursed Him that as He failed to stop the war between the Pandavs and the Kauravs by all means, similarly, His Yaduvansh would suffer and perish in the next 36 years.
As per old stories, after the end of the Mahabharat war, Rishi Vishwamitra and Narad Muni came to Dwarika. The Yadu Koksamuh, in order to trick the rishis, wrapped Samb with cloth and took him to the rishis for their blessings so that he could beget a son. The rishis were already aware of this by their sheer knowledge and cursed him instead. The curse was that during Bharya time, the Sambh, turned into a lady, would beget a "moosal" ( type of weapon ), which in turn would be used by the Andhak, Vrishni and other Yaduvanshi to kill each other. Balram and Shree Krishna would disappear right then the way they came from (Bramhalok that is ). Shree Krishna had knowledge of this curse and, thus, requested the Yaduvanshis to leave Dwarika right away and go for a pilgrimage to Prabhas ( now known as Somnath, situated at the sea of Kathiavad, also known as yadu-sthal ). He also told them to stay away from alcoholic beverages during their trip. Despite His warnings, The Andhak, Vrishni and the rest of the Yaduvanshis stopped for a break on their route to Prabhas and did consume alcoholic beverages. By now, the curse of the rishis came into effect and Sambh gave birth to a "moosal". In order to reduce its effect, they crushed the burada or gun powder of moosal and sprayed it all around their padavs or camps. The drunk Vrishni, Satyaki, called upon Andhak Bhoj, Kritvarma. Pradhumgn supported this move of Satyaki. The main cause of their anger was the fact that in spite of being a Yadav, Kritvarma had helped the Kauravs during Mahabharat. Furthermore, after the Mahabharat, Kritvarma had sided with Aswathama, who broke war rules and had attacked the the sons of Pandavs while they were asleep. The intoxicated Satyaki got hold of a sword somehow and beheaded Kritvarma along with many others. This act had a ripple effect and other Andhak and Bhoj Yadavs called upon Satyaki in revenge and killed him along with Pradhumgn. By this act, the Yadus in war were polarized in two sides.
Shree Krishna became angry by the death of his son, Pradhumgn. When He could not find any arms, He pulled out the nearby grass and trees which turned into "moosal" ( watch the rishis curse here ) through which He crushed many of his opponents. Following Shree Krishna, the armless Andhak and the rest of Yaduvanshis also started pulling out plants and grasses which turned into steel moosals. By this act of madness, Sambh, Charudesan and Anirudh all got killed. Shree Krishna lost His focus by seeing His sons and grandsons getting killed and set aside all dharma for a second and called upon his Sudarshana Chakra. Everything was finished within blink of an eye. Thus, the war amongst Yaduvanshis had begun and soon many died at the home front. This war ran for some period of time in which there was no differentiation between wrong and right. All sorts of weapons and techniques were used. When there were no remains of weapons, the Yaduvanshis took on rocks, lathis, gadas etc. This was intolerable to Shree Krishna and Balram. They ran away and took shelter in the deep forests. Soon, they were discovered by the opponent's helping tribe, Kaboos. They attacked Shree Krishna and Balram. Shree Krishna lost his sense and fell on grounds. Balram, being surrounded by his enemies, ate poison and and lay quiet in the forest.
As per stories, the remaining Yadhuvanshis having realized their mistakes started looking for Shree Krishna and Balram. They found Balram under a tree in deep meditation. Soon after, there came a white snake from his mouth and escaped towards Arabian sea after which Balram died. This story reaffirms the fact that Balram was an avatar of Shesh Naag.
Well, it was about time for Gandhari's curse to come into play. Shree Krishna, cognizant of all this, went to the forests and slept under a tree anticipating His death. From one of camps of Kaboos, Jara was following a deer as his prey. From distance, he mistook Shree Krishna's left foot for the deer's ear and shot arrows right on. When he came to claim his prey, he realized the mistake he had committed and began asking for Lord's forgiveness. Shree Krishna, while forgiving Jara Kaboo, explained that in their previous lives, He as Lord Ram had killed him as Bali while hiding behind a tree. Now, they both were equal. Soon after, Shree Krishna became quiet and died.
After these terrible times, Arjun performed the dahya-sanaskar of Balram, Shree Krishna and other Yaduvanshi in Prabhas. Upon his return from Prabhas to Dwarika, Arjun brought together the widows, kids and old men and women and built protected camps for them. Afterwards, he started moving the camps to Mathura. As soon as he crossed the border of Dwarika, the city of Dwarika submerged in the sea along with the remains of its ancestors. The archeological findings have recovered many remains from Dwarika. When Arjun crossed into the ranges of Ahirvati and Abhirvati of Northern Rajasthan and Hariyana, the local Abhirs attacked Arjun and the remaining Yaduvanshi. They kidnapped young widows, women and kids. Seeing this, the remaining old women and men requested Arjun to protect their kids from Abhirs. However, Arjuna knew their fate. He could see their future in Mathura and could not use any force. It was apparent that none of the Abhirs could have sustained Arjuna's Gandiv. However, he could not use force even against his own will. Thus, he explained the crowd that when Lord Shree Krishna and Balram could not protect them, then how was it possible for him to be their savior?
Having heard the sad news of swargarohan ( travel to swarg) of Balram and Shree Krishna, and internal fight amongst Yaduvanshis, the son of Pradhumgn, Vrijnabh, of Mathura took off to Dwarika from Mathura. On the way, when he heard of the death of his father, he could not bear the pain and died of a heart attack. He had two sons with him at the same time of which the elder, Vraj, returned to Mathura and became the new King while the younger Kheer, went to Dwarika.
