Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c25.s2: § 102. ? Pārivrājaka Mahārājas
Indische Paläographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c25.s2
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§ 102. ? Pārivrājaka Mahārājas
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These tributaries of the Guptas are "said to have governed Dabhāla, perh. = Dahāla, and the country including the eighteen forest kingdoms" (CII. III, p. 93 ff.). It is possible that certain coins bearing the name *Raṇa Hasti* may have been struck by the Mahārāja Hastin, whose inscrr. bear dates from 156 to 191 = A.D. 475—510. This attribution is, however, extremely doubtful.
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Closely connected in size and fabric with these are certain small coins on which the name Vigraha has been read (RAPSON). Specimens were found by Ventura in the Manikyala Tope together with coins of the 7^th and 8^th centuries A.D.