Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c26.13

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the coins fairly represent the list of kings given in the Rājatarangiṇī. For all the previous period, the dates and order of succession given in the Rājatarangiṇī are untrustworthy, although a number of the names are found on the coins. That the Kidāra Kuṣaṇas held Kashmir for some time is certain, but the date of their settlement there is doubtful (v. sup. § 76). The Kashmirian coins of the Hūṇas given in C.NChr. 1894, Pl. X, 5—7, and 9--13 (v. sup. sub § 106), seem to be copied from coins of the Kidāra Kuṣaṇas; and those of the succeeding Nāga or Karkoṭaka Dynasty (c. 625—757 A.D., v. C.CMI, p. 39, Pl. III, 7—14) all bear the name Kidāra (**Plate IV, 22**: Yaśovarman). Between the date of the Hūṇa Mihirakula (c. 515 A.D.) and the beginning of the Nāga Dynasty, C. places a number of kings among whom a Toramāṇa occurs. This king has usually been identified with the Hūṇa Toramāṇa, the father of Mihirakula (RĀJENDRA LĀLA MITRA, Proc. BA. 1878, p. 191; FLEET, CII. III, Pref. p. 10 ff.). For the arguments against this identification and in favour of a somewhat later date for Toramāṇa of Kashmir, v. C.NChr. 1894, p. 256. Some gold coins of *Harṣa* of Kashmir (**Plate IV, 23**) c. 1090 A.D., are directly imitated from South Indian coins, for the attribution of which v. inf. § 125 (1).