The History and Culture of the Indian People : The Vedic age.

By Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Achut

Dattatrya Pusalker, A. K. Majumdar, Dilip Kumar Ghose, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Vishvanath Govind
Dighe Published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1962 Page 247|quote=The Kubha is the modern Kabul river
which flows into the Indus a little above Attock and receives at Prang the joint flow of its tributaries the
Swat (Swastu) and Gauri

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Adiguru Shiva, Bhairava Shiva is a pan-Hindu god

Matsyendra Mina, Macchandar, Macchaghna 9th or 10th century yoga siddha, important to
Kaula tantra traditions, revered for his unorthodox experimentations

Goraksha Gorakh founder of monastic Nath Sampradaya, systematized yoga techniques,

organization and monastery builder, Hatha Yoga texts attributed to him, known for his ideas on nirguna
bhakti, 11th or 12th century

Jalandhar Jalandhari, Hadipa, Jvalendra, Balnath, Balgundai 13th century siddha (may be
earlier), from Jalandhar (Punjab), particularly revered in Rajasthan and Punjab regions

Kanhapa Kanhu, Kaneri, Krishnapada, Karnaripa 10th century siddha, from Bengal region,
revered by a distinct sub-tradition within the Natha people

Caurangi Sarangadhara, Puran Bhagat a son of King Devapala of Bengal who renounced,
revered in the northwest such as the Punjab region, a shrine to him is in Sialkot (now in Pakistan)

Carpath lived in the Chamba region of the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, championed Avadhuta,
taught that outer rituals don't matter, emphasized inner state of an individual

Bhartrihari king of Ujjain who renounced his kingdom to become a yogi, a scholar

Gopichand son of the Queen of Bengal who renounced, influential on other Indian religions

Ratannath Hajji Ratan a 13th-century siddha (may be earlier), revered in medieval Nepal and
Punjab, cherished by both Naths and Sufi of north India

Dharamnath a 15th-century siddha revered in Gujarat, founded a monastery in Kutch region,

legends credit him to have made Kutch region liveable

Mastnath founded a monastery in Haryana, an 18th-century siddha