Harita

THE LIVING ARCHIVE

About Harita

This branch of Surya Vansh descends from Mandhata through Purukutsa and Trasadasyu. It later reaches Trishanku and Harishchandra before continuing toward Bahu and Sagara. The succession describes several generations of the same house, not one group of contemporary rulers.

AT A GLANCE

Identity & Context

Identity: King
Form: Ikshvaku Dynasty
Tradition: Puranic Royal Genealogy

Family & Relationships

ParentRohitashva
Rohitashva is named as the parent of Harita in this succession.
ChildChunchu
Harita is named as the parent of Chunchu in this succession.

IN THE TRADITION

Recorded Context

His Place in the Royal Family

Harita follows Rohitashva as his son in the succession. The line then passes to Chunchu and, in the following generation, to Vijaya. These generations belong to the same royal succession. They connect an earlier household to the later members of its family, even where the account passes over a reign without recounting a separate adventure.

The Surrounding Royal Story

Purukutsa’s earlier journey with Narmada restores the Nagas’ kingdom, while the later account turns to Trishanku’s relationship with Vishvamitra and Bahu’s loss of his throne. These are different episodes at different points in the family. The intervening ancestors connect them genealogically rather than participating in every event.

ROLE & ESSENCE

Attributes & Significance

This place in the succession connects the older house of Purukutsa with the later kings remembered for royal trials, exile and recovery. A father-and-son sequence gives those stories a family setting without treating an ancestor’s deed as an inherited personal achievement.

Role

Harita is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Rohitashva and the father of Chunchu.

TRADITION & MEANING

Traditions & Interpretations

This Harita is Rohitashva’s son and Chunchu’s father. Another Harita in the same chapter descends from Mandhata’s son Ambarisha, belonging to a separate branch of the solar royal family.