1) Bharat, son of Rishabh, in line of Priyavrata Manu after whom India is called Bharat
MAITREYA.-- You stated that Priyavrata and Uttánapáda were the sons of
Swáyambhuva Manu, and you repeated the story of Dhruva, the son of
Uttánapáda: you made no mention of the descendants of Priyavrata, and
it is an account of his family that I beg you will kindly communicate
to me.
PARÁŚARA.--Priyavrata married Kámyá, the daughter of the patriarch
Kardama, and had by her two daughters, Samrát and Kukshi, and ten
sons, wise, valiant, modest, and dutiful, named Agnídhra, Agnibáhu,
Vapushmat, Dyutimat, Medha, Medhatithi, Bhavya, Savala, Putra, and the
tenth was Jyotishmat 2, illustrious by nature as by name. These were
the sons of Priyavrata, famous for strength and prowess. Of these,
three, or Medha, Putra, and Agnibáhu, adopted a religious life:
remembering the occurrences of a prior existence, they did not covet
dominion, but diligently practised the rites of devotion in due
season.
Priyavrata having divided the earth into seven continents, gave them
respectively to his other seven sons 3. To Agnídhra he gave
Jambu-dwípa; to Medhatithi he gave Plaksha-dwípa: he installed
Vapushmat in the sovereignty over the Dwípa of Sálmali; and made
Jyotishmat king of Kuśa-dwípa: he appointed Dyutimat to rule over
Krauncha-dwípa; Bhavya to reign over Sáka-dwípa; and Savala he
nominated the monarch of the Dwípa of Pushkara.
Agnídhra, the king of Jambu-dwípa, had nine sons, equal in splendour
to the patriarchs: they were named Nábhi, Kimpurusha, Harivarsha,
Ilávrita, Ramya, Hirańvat, Kuru, Bhadráśwa, and Ketumála 4, who was a
prince ever active in the practice of piety.
Hear next, Maitreya, in what manner Agnídhra apportioned Jambu-dwípa
amongst his nine sons. He gave to Nábhi the country called Hima,
south of the Himavat, or snowy mountains. The country of Hemakút́a
he gave to Kimpurusha; and to Harivarsha, the country of Nishadha. The
region in the centre of which mount Meru is situated he conferred on
Ilávrita; and to Ramya, the countries lying between it and the Níla
mountain. To Hirańvat his father gave the country lying to the north
of it, called Śweta; and, on the north of the Śweta mountains, the
country bounded by the Śringaván range he gave to Kuru. The countries
on the east of Meru he assigned to Bhadráśwa; and Gandhamádana, which
lay west of it, he gave to Ketumála
Nábhi, who had for his portion the country of Himáhwa, had by his
queen Meru the magnanimous Rishabha; and he had a hundred sons, the
eldest of whom was Bharata. Rishabha having ruled with equity and
wisdom, and celebrated many sacrificial rites, resigned the
sovereignty of the earth to the heroic Bharata, and, retiring to the
hermitage of Pulastya, adopted the life of an anchoret, practising
religious penance, and performing all prescribed ceremonies, until,
emaciated by his austerities, so as to be but a collection of skin and
fibres, he put a pebble in his mouth, and naked went the way of all
flesh. The country was termed Bhárata from the time that it was
relinquished to Bharata by his father, on his retiring to the woods.
This was the creation of Swáyambhuva Manu, by which the earth was
peopled, when he presided over the first Manwantara, in the Kalpa of
Varáha
The Bharata Varsha, ruled by King Nabhi, was earlier called "Hima" as explained in Vishnu Purana.