YugaTree

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Two epics · two dynasties

Itihasa इतिहास

Interactive family trees of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana: who was born to whom, who married whom, who killed whom, and where each detail comes from.

⟷ Six degrees of the epics✦ Your birth star & family tree

For childrenPicture-book stories read aloud, Who am I?, colouring sheets and badges. For studentsQuiz, daily study cards, revision sheets, dilemmas to debate and citations to copy. For eldersLarger text, read aloud in Telugu, Hindi or English, and the great verses in Sanskrit. For researchersBackstories with Purana chapter links, and where the texts differ.

Puranic families

The same tree, panels, backstories and learning tabs for the families of the Puranas.

कश्यपवंशKashyapa's familyGods, demons, serpents and birds — the children of one sage. Vishnu and Bhagavata Puranas.50 people दशावतारThe ten avatarsFrom the fish of the flood to Kalki; all 22 of the Bhagavata.39 people शिवपरिवारShiva's familySati and Parvati, Kartikeya and Ganesha — the Shiva Purana's Rudra Samhita.33 people यदुवंशKrishna and the YadavasMathura, Vraja and Dvaraka, from Yadu to Vajra — Vishnu Purana V and Bhagavata X.39 people देवीमाहात्म्यDevi MahatmyaThe Goddess's three battles — Markandeya Purana 81–93.19 people रघुवंशRaghuvamshaKalidasa's line of Raghu, from Dilipa to Agnivarna.17 people

Regional epics

Telugu and Tamil epics, from their own texts and traditions.

పల్నాటి వీరచరిత్రPalnati Veera CharitraThe Telugu 'Andhra Kurukshetra' of the 12th century.17 people சிலப்பதிகாரம்SilappatikaramKannagi's anklet — the Tamil epic of Ilango Adigal.13 people

World myths

Family trees from other great traditions, for comparison.

ΘεογονίαGreek godsHesiod's Theogony: from Chaos to the Olympians.40 people ÁsgarðrNorse godsThe Prose Edda: Odin's family, Loki's children and Ragnarok.35 people شاهنامهShahnamehFerdowsi's Book of Kings: Rostam, Sohrab and the kings of Iran.28 people
Puranic dynastiesThe full solar, lunar and Yadava king lists from the Puranas, from Manu and Soma down to the last kings, linked to both trees.→

Where the epics meet

The same gods, sages and even a few heroes appear in both. Each link opens that person in their own epic.

Side by side

Sources and how they were used

Primary texts
Puranas and later works

Every person's panel ends with a Source line naming the text their account comes from. Details from regional or later retellings are tagged folk or say so in the note, and characters the epic leaves unnamed are flagged where a later name is used.