Ancient History of the Deccan c4.s3.15

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We know nothing about Rudrasêna I. His son Prithivishêna reigned for a long time. Mr. Vincent A. Smith attributes an inscription (Gupta Inscriptions, No. 53 and 54, page 233) at Nâchnâ to this king; but when writing, Mr. Vicent A. Smith has not taken into account the Bâlâghat plates which show that there was a second Prithivishêna. Is the Nâchnâ stone dated in the time of Prithivishêna I. or Prithivishêna II? Judging from the form of the letters I would attribute it rather to the second : the small circle at the head of the letters seems to point rather to the V than to the IV century [for the History of the Vākāṭakas by Mr. Vincent A. Smith, see J. R. A. S. ; April 1914, page 317].