The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.105

c5.105

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| 174 | Bhagwānlāl Indraji with the prince Śivaśrī-Medhaśiras of the Pauranic lists, the successor of Pulimat (Puḷumāyi). Numismatic evidence shows him to have reigned between Puḷumāyi and Yajñaśrī Gautamīputra II, but his exact position in the list, as well as his relationship to these princes, is as yet undetermined. A Kaṇheri inscription is dated in his eighth year.—Refs. under B.C. 180. |
| 178 | Ś. 100. Jīvadāman, Western Kshatrapa and Mahākshatrapa, son and successor of Dāmazaḍa: first of his dynasty to issue dated coins. The Kshatrapa dates, with one or two exceptions, are derived exclusively from coins.—Refs. under A.D. 126. |
| 180 | Ś. 102, Gūnda inscription. Ś. 103–118 on coins. Rudrasimha, Western Kshatrapa, son of Rudradāman and uncle of Jīvadāman whom he apparently succeeded. Styled Kshatrapa in the Gūnda inscription, and Mahākshatrapa on his coins.—IA. x, 157. ASWI. ii, 140. JRAS., *l.c.*, under A.D. 126. |
| 182 | Yajñaśrī Śātakarṇi, Gautamīputra II, Andhra, son of Chatushparṇa Vāsishtīputra II. His inscriptions range from his seventh to his twenty-seventh years. His reign varies, according to the Pauranic lists, from nine to twenty-nine years.—EI. i, 95, and refs. under B.C. 180. |
| 190 | Pantaenus of Alexandria sent, according to Jerome, on a mission to India. |
| 200 | Ś. 122, Mūliasar inscription. Ś. 125–142 on coins. Rudrasena I, Western Kshatrapa, son of Rudrasimha I.—Jasdan inscription of Ś. 127, IA. xii, 32. ASWI. ii, 15, 43. JRAS., *l.c.*, under A.D. 126. |
| 222 | Ś. 144. Saṅghadāman, Western Kshatrapa, son of Rudrasimha; and his nephew, Pṛithivīsena, son of Rudrasena, reigning. |
| | Dharmakāla, a Śramaṇa of Central India, visits China and translates in A.D. 250, the Pātimokkha of the Mahāsanghikas. This was the first book of the Vinayapiṭaka translated into Chinese, but it was lost by A.D. 730.—BN. 386. |
| 224 | The Indian Śramaṇas, Wei-k'i-nan and Lü-yen, visit the kingdom of Wu, bringing with them the Sanskrit text of a Dhammapada-sutta, which they translate.—BN. 389. |