

Genealogy and History in South Asia, edited by Simon Brodbeck and James Hegarty.
Table of Contents
Editorial
Genealogy and History in South Asia (Religions of South Asia, Special Issue): Introduction |
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Simon Brodbeck , James M. Hegarty | 5-28 |
Articles
Lines of Descent and Dissent: Genealogy, Narrative, and the Upaniṣads |
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Steven E. Lindquist | 29-49 |
Rethinking the Upaniṣadic Vaṃśas: Teacher Lineages as a Literary Genre |
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Brian Black | 51-77 |
Etymology, Genealogy and History in Early South Asia |
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James M. Hegarty | 79-102 |
Between History and Divine Plan: The Mahābhārata’s Royal Patriline in Context |
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Alf Hiltebeitel | 103-125 |
Solar and Lunar Lines in the Mahābhārata |
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Simon Brodbeck | 127-152 |
The Mystery of the Syamantaka Jewel: The Intersection of Genealogy and Biography in the Harivaṃśa |
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Christopher Austin | 153-169 |
The Buddha as Ender and Transformer of Lineages |
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John S. Strong | 171-188 |
Secular Buddhist Lineages: The Śākyas and their Royal Descendants in Local Buddhist Legitimation Strategies |
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Max Deeg | 189-207 |
The Female Past in Early Indian Buddhism: The Shared Narrative of the Seven Sisters in the Therī-Apadāna |
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Alice Collett | 209-226 |
Heir to one’s Karma: Multi-Life Personal Genealogies in Early Buddhist and Jain Narratives |
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Naomi Appleton | 227-244 |
Before Genealogy? Marking Descent in the Inscriptions of Early Historic India |
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Meera Visvanathan | 245-265 |
The Men who would be King: Reading between the Lines of Dynastic Genealogies in India and Beyond |
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Richard Salomon | 267-291 |
The Gupta–Vākāṭaka Relationship: A New Interpretation of Rāmagiri Evidence (2) |
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Hans Bakker | 293-302 |
Poetic Pasts: Patrons, Poets and Lesser Mortals in Bāṇa’s ‘Biography’ |
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Kumkum Roy | 303-317 |
Purāṇa Pañcalakṣaṇa as Genealogy and Jātipurāṇa |
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Greg Bailey | 319-337 |
The Genealogy of the Pallavas: From Brahmins to Kings |
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Emmanuel Francis | 339-363 |
Ravivarman Kulaśekhara the Yādava and Sagara the Son of Yādavī: Real and Ideal Kings in Matrilineal Kerala |
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Christophe Vielle | 365-387 |
Lineage, Power and Perception: Comparison of the Royal Chambā Genealogy with Contemporary Epigraphs, 800–1650 CE |
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Mahesh Sharma | 389-408 |
In the Name of the Fathers: Mughal Genealogical Strategies from Bābur to Shāh Jahān |
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Corinne Lefévre | 409-442 |
On the Evolution of Genealogical Narratives in the Western Himalayas |
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Arik Moran | 443-470 |
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