Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s1.34

c6.s1.34

The 8th verse of the Ajaṇṭā inscription (cave No. XVI, Arch. Surv. W. Ind., Vol IV, pages 53 and 124) says that the Vākāṭaka king Prithivishêṇa I. vanquished the king of Kuṇṭala, i. e. the Kadamba king. It is certain that Prithivishêṇa I. reigned for a long time : tradition says that he reigned for about a hundred years and Mr. Vincent A. Smith is of opinion that it means "from about forty to sixty years". We know that his son Rudrasêna II. married the daughter of Chandra-Gupta II. about 395 A. D. We may therefore be almost sure that Prithivishêṇa I. reigned between 350 and 390 A. D. According to our chronology he must have been the contemporary of the Kadamba king Kaṅgavarman (360-385 A. D.) and it is probable that this king of Kuṇṭala is the one whose defeat is mentioned in the Ajaṇṭâ inscription; and the Tâlguṇḍa inscription seems to confirm this supposition, as it says that Kaṅgavarman accomplished "lofty exploits in terrible wars".