Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c13.29.2

c13.29.2

He appears to have been Puḷumâyi's brother, since he also is styled on the coin Vâsiṭhî-puta, *i.e.*, Vâsishṭhîputra, or the son of Vâsishṭhî He had a reign of seven years and must have died in A D 165 Śivaskanda was the next king, to whom also seven years have been assigned There is no trace of these two princes on this side of the country, while the name of the next, Yajña Śrî, occurs frequently as we have seen in inscriptions and coins He appears to have been Puḷumâyi's immediate successor at Paiṭhaṇ His full name was Gotamîputra Yajña Śrî Śâtakarṇi, and he is, as observed before, the Gotamîputra of the Kolhâpur coins Some copies of the Mâtsya assign him twenty-nine years, others nine, and twenty, and the Vâyu, twenty-nine, while the Brahmâṇḍa allows him nineteen Probably he reigned in Mahârâshṭra for eighteen or nineteen years, since the sixteenth year of his reign is his latest recorded date, and for twenty-nine years at Dhanakaṭaka since, according to our supposition, the Vâyu Purâna gives an account of the Dhanakaṭaka branch and his coins are found in Tailangaṇa And this is confirmed by what we have already said Puḷumâyi reigned at Dhanakaṭaka for four years and his two successors for fourteen All this while, *i.e.*, for eighteen years, Yajña Śrî was ruler of Mahârâshṭra He must thus have ceased to reign in the last country in about A D 172 and died in about A D 202 The next three reigns lasted, according to the Vâyu, for sixteen years No trace of any of these has yet been found on this side of the country, but coins of Chandra Śrî are found near the original seat of government, and two of these are described by Mr Thomas in the paper mentioned above Thus the [35] latest Andhrabhṛitya date is A D 218 Maḍharî-puta Sakasena of the Kânheri inscription, the same as the Mâdharîputa of the Kolhâpur coins, has been identified with Śiva Śrî, the successor of Puḷumâyi, by Paṇḍit Bhagvânlâl, and I also at one time concurred with him.