Ancient History of the Deccan c5.s3: § 1.—The Ikshvâkus
Ancient History of the Deccan c5.s3
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§ 1.—The Ikshvâkus
c5.s3.1
Three inscriptions (Ind, Ant., Vol XI, page 256) found (“Amarâvati and Jagayyapêta Stûpa”, Arch. Surv. Southern India, page 110) on the ruins of the stûpa at Jagayyapêta (Nandigâma Taluk, Kṛishṇa district) give the name of a king called Mâḍhari-putra Śrî Vira Purushadatta (Purisadata) of the Ikshvâkus (Ikhâkus) and are in an alphabet which seems to point to the III century of the Christan era.
c5.s3.2
What became of this dynasty later on, it is impossible to say. However, there exists a stone in Guḍḍappa dry land at Aṇaji in the Dâvaṇagere taluq of Mysore (Ep. Carn., Vol. XI, Dg, No. 161) which mentions “the family of the Kêkayas, who made intermarriages with the Ikshvâkus.”