Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c12.3

c12.3

Now, in the Purâṇas we have lists of kings and dynasties that ruled over the country The earliest dynasty with which we are here concerned is the Maurya founded by Chandragupta in B C 320, as determined by his relations with Seleucus, one of the generals and successors of Alexander the Great It ruled over Northern India for 137 years according to the Purânas, and the last king Bṛihadratha was murdered by his general Pushyamitra or Pushpamitra, who founded the Sunga dynasty This was in power for 112 years and was succeeded by the Kâṇva family which ruled for forty-five years The Kânvas were overthrown by Sipraka, Sindhuka, or Śisuka, as he is variously named, who founded what the Purâṇas call the dynasty of the Andhrabhṛityas, that is, Andhras who were once servants or dependents The second king of this dynasty was Kṛishṇa according to all, the third was Śâtakarṇi or Śrîsâtakarṇi according to the Vâyu or Vishṇu, while the Bhâgavata corrupts the name slightly to Śântakarṇa The Mâtsya interposes three more kings between Kṛishṇa and Śâtakarṇi, while the Vishṇu has another Śâtakarṇi to correspond with that of the Mâtsya Gotamîputra is the thirteenth prince according to the Vâyu, fifteenth according to the Bhâgavata, seventeenth according to the Vishṇu, and twenty-second according to the Mâtsya Pulimat, Purîmat or Pulomat was his successor [24] according to the Vishṇu, the Bhâgavata, or the Mâtsya These are so many mislections for the Puḷumâyi of our inscriptions and coins The Vâyu omits his name altogether His successor was Śiva Śrî according to the Vishṇu and the Mâtsya, while the Bhâgavata calls him Vedaśiras, and the Vâyu does not notice him Yajña Śrî occurs in all, being placed after Śivaskandha, the successor of Śiva Śrî, by all except the Vâyu, which assigns to him the next place after Gotamîputra