Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c11.31

c11.31

The names of other kings, apparently of the same dynasty, are found in other inscriptions. In one of the caves at Kânheri near [20] Thânâ, a grant is recorded in the eighth year of the reign of Mâdharî- putra Śakasena ¹⁸ In two other inscriptions at the same place the name of the reigning prince is given as Gotamîputa Sîrı Yañña Sâtakaṇı (Gotamîputra Śrî Yajña Sâtakarṇı) ¹⁹ In one of these the year that is given is not legible, but still appears to be the sixteenth of his reign There is one inscription at Nâsık which is dated in the seventh year of that kıng ²⁰ Paṇḍıt Bhagvânlâl has brought to light the name of another prince There is according to hım an inscription on the Nânâghâṭ in which is recorded the dedication of a cıstern of water in the thirteenth year of Vâsıṭhıputa Chatarapana Sâtakanı