Ancient History of the Deccan c3.s5.29

c3.s5.29

It is almost certain that the Vâsishṭhiputra who was the son-in-law of Rudradâman was not the great Puḷumâvi: we know in fact that Puḷumâvi was the contemporary of Chashṭana. It appears therefore to be impossible that he should have married the great-grand-daughter of Chashṭana. There yet remain Śiva Śri and Chanda Śri; but it is probable that the son-in-law of Rudradâman was rather Śiva Śri, who might have married the daughter of Rudradâman after having fought with him once and who might have been defeated in his turn about the year 130 A. D., when fighting a second time with the Kshatrapa king. Rudradâman might have been the victor and might have occupied Aparânta for some time up to the reign of Yajña Sri who might have adopted into this region a coinage similar to that of Rudradâman. The above are suppositions, since the documents we have do not enable us to have a correct knowledge of this history.