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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mythological Hindu dynasty}}<br />
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{{Infobox country<br />
| conventional_long_name = Lunar Dynasty<br />
| common_name = Kingdom of Kuru<br />
| status = Empire<br />
| image_flag = <br />
| government_type = [[Monarchy]]<br />
| event1 = <br />
| capital = [[Mathura]], [[Hastinapura]]<br />
| common_languages = [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| leader1 = [[Pururavas]]<br />
| leader2 = [[Yayati]]<br />
| leader3 = [[Haiheya Kingdom|Haiheya]]<br />
| leader4 = [[Kartavirya Arjuna|Sahasrarjun Maharaj]]<br />
| leader5 = [[Krishna]]<br />
| title_leader = [[Monarch]]<br />
| today = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Lunar dynasty''' ([[IAST]]: '''Candravaṃśa''') is a lineage or dynasty which claims to be descended from [[Chandra]] or [[Chandra|Soma]] (the Hindu [[lunar deity]]).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TGyzMJYZn-0C&pg=PA21 |title=Message of the Purans |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Ltd |first=B. B. |last=Paliwal |year=2005 |page=21 |isbn=978-8-12881-174-6}}</ref><br />
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According to the ''[[Shatapatha Brahmana]]'', [[Pururavas]] was the son of [[Budha]] (himself often described as the son of Soma) and the gender-switching deity [[Ila (Hinduism)|Ila]] (born as the daughter of [[Shraddhadeva Manu|Manu]]).{{sfn|Thapar|2013|p=308}} Pururavas's great-grandson was [[Yayati]], who had five sons named [[Yadu (legendary king)|Yadu]], [[Turvashas|Turvasu]], [[Druhyus|Druhyu]], [[Anu (tribe)|Anu]], and [[Puru (Vedic tribe)|Puru]]. These seem to be the names of five Vedic tribes as described in the [[Vedas]].<ref>{{cite book |author=A. K. Warder |author-link=A. K. Warder |title=An Introduction to Indian Historiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCluAAAAMAAJ |year=1972 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |pages=21–22 }}</ref><br />
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According to the ''Mahabharata'', Lunar dynasty's progenitor [[Ila (Hinduism)|Ila]] ruled from Prayaga, and had a son Shashabindu who ruled in the country of Bahli.<ref>{{cite book |first=Wendy |last=Doniger |title=Splitting the difference: gender and myth in ancient Greece and India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4pgM3birUwC&pg=PA273 |access-date=25 August 2011 |year=1999 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-15641-5 |page=273}}</ref> The son of Ila and [[Budha]] was [[Pururavas]], who became the first Chandravamsha, emperor of all of the earth. Ila's descendants were also known as the Ailas.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w9pmo51lRnYC&dq=aila+Ila&pg=PA17 Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 1 by Gaṅgā Rām Garg]</ref>[[File:LUNAR_DYNASTY_(Chandravamsha).png|388x388px|thumb|Chandravamsha family tree]]<br />
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== In Mahabharata ==<br />
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{{see also|Mahabharata|Kurukshetra War}}<br />
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In Hindu texts, the [[Kurukshetra War]], which forms the subject of the Indian epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', was largely fought between rival branches of the Lunar dynasty, famously resulting in [[Arjuna]]'s turn away from war and the reprimand of his mentor Krishna. Krishna reminds Arjuna that dharma stands above everything, and the text forms an integral cultural cornerstone for all four [[Kshatriya]] houses.<br />
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By the conclusion of the Kurukshetra War, most of the Yaduvamsha lineage is in peril. The sinking of [[Dvārakā]] sees the destruction of the entire Yaduvamsha lineage, with the exception of [[Vajra (king)|Vajra]], who was saved by [[Arjuna]], and later becomes the King of Mathura.<br />
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== Branches and rulers of dynasty ==<br />
{{main|Puru and Yadu Dynasties}}<br />
{{see also|Turvasu Druhyu and Anu Dynasties}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Solar dynasty]]<br />
* [[Mahabharata]]<br />
* [[History of Hinduism]]<br />
* [[Puru and Yadu Dynasties]]<br />
* [[Chandra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
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*{{citation |last=Thapar |first=Romila |author-link=Romila Thapar |title=The Past Before Us|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aei9AAAAQBAJ |year=2013 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-72651-2 }}<br />
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