Listen now to the unfolding of ages and the destinies of kings as ordained in the sacred verses. The Andhra dynasty will endure for four hundred and fifty-six years, with their lineage continuing for another five years beyond that. When their time ends, seven Abhīra kings will rise to power, followed by seven rulers from the Gardabhina line, and then ten mighty Śaka kings. After them, eight Yavana kings will take the throne, succeeded by fourteen Tuṣāras, thirteen Maruṇḍas, and eighteen Maunas, each ruling in their turn. The Andhras will hold sway over the earth for two hundred years, while the Śakas will enjoy their dominion for three hundred and eighty years. The land will then come under the rule of the Yavanas for eighty years, and the Tuṣāras will possess it for a span of five hundred years, as is declared. Thirteen kings will arise, each ruling for one hundred and a quarter years. Along with the Maruṇḍas and others, many foreign and unrighteous races will emerge. These foreigners, eleven in number, will enjoy the land for three hundred years. After their time, during a period shrouded in obscurity, the Kolikila kings will ascend the throne. From the Kolikilas, the Vindhyaśakti dynasty will be born. They will protect the earth for ninety-six years before their line comes to an end. Thereafter, new rulers and kings will appear. The son of the last Nāga king will be Svarapurañjaya, who will reign as a king of the Nāga lineage. Sadācandra, descended from the moon, will be the second, followed by Nakhavān. Dhanadharma will be the third, and Viṃśaja the fourth. Bhūtinanda will then arise among the foreign lands. When the line of the Angas ends, Madhunandi will become king, and his younger brother, Nandiyaśāḥ, will also reign. In their lineage, three kings will come forth, and the grandson, Śiśuka, will rule in Purikā. Pravīra, the son of Vindhyaśakti, endowed with great strength, will rule the golden city for sixty years. He will perform the Vājapeya sacrifices, offering complete gifts, and his four sons will become rulers of men. After the Vindhya dynasty has passed, three kings from the Bāhlika lineage will reign, with Supratīka and Nabhīra ruling for thirty years. Śakyamā, king of the Māhiṣīs, will hold power, followed by the rise of the Puṣpamitra kings and thirteen Paṭṭamitra rulers. In the land of Mekalā, seven noble kings will arise; in Komalā, mighty kings will rule. The Meghas, nine in number and wise, will be so named. All the kings of Naiṣadha will perish without remainder, though they are descended from the powerful and mighty lineage of Nala. Among the Magadhas, Viśvasphāni of great strength will arise. He will destroy all other kings and reorganize the people into different castes: five Kaivartas, Pulindas, and Brahmins. By his prowess, the kings will establish themselves in various regions. Viśvasphāni, equal to Viṣṇu in battle, will be mighty and spirited. A king who destroys the kṣatriya class will, like the all-pervading serpent or the creator of new works, produce another kṣatriya class. Once he has satisfied the gods, ancestors, and brahmins, this powerful one will reach the bank of the Ganges and abandon his body, ascending to the world of Indra. Thereafter, kings of the Navanāka lineage will enjoy the city of Campāvatī. The seven Nāgas will delight in the city of Mathurā, and the regions along the Ganges—Prayāga, Sāketa, and Magadha—will be enjoyed by the descendants of the Gupta lineage. The Niṣadhas, Yadus, Śaiśis, and Kālatopakās—all these regions will be ruled by those of the Maṇidhānya line. Kośala, Andhra, Pauṇḍra, Tāmralipta by the sea, and the beautiful city of Campā will be enjoyed by those protected by the gods. The Kāliṅgas, Mahiṣas, and the dwellers of Mahendra will all be governed by Guha. Kanakāhvaya will enjoy the land of women and those fit to be consumed. All these kings will exist at the same time. Yet the Yavanas will be marked by little generosity, untruthfulness, great wrath, and unrighteousness in conduct, desire, and wealth. They will not be kings anointed on the head, and their evil conduct will be a sign of the faults of the age. In the final portion of the Kali age, kings will seize the earth by force, killing women and each other. The lines of these kings will rise and fall, appearing and disappearing, each ruling in their turn according to time. Righteousness, desire, and wealth will fade from these kings, and the lands mixed with them will wholly follow the customs of the mlecchas. Acting contrary to order, the kings will destroy the people, driven by greed and delighting in falsehood. When their time has passed, in that age filled with many women, people will gradually decline in lifespan, appearance, strength, and learning. When the kings have reached their lowest state among the people, they will perish, struck down by time. In the end, all the mlecchas will be destroyed by Kalki and will depart entirely, for they will be extremely unrighteous and wholly heretical. When the title of king is lost and the twilight of the Kali age is joined, only a few people will remain, bereft of righteousness and possessions.