The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.13

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year, on the first day in the seventh fortnight of the cold season.¹ No reference seems to be made to the 'Saka or any other era; nor is this king at present capable of identification. But the record is undoubtedly of very early date: Pandit Bhagwanlal Indraji, who first dealt with it, allotted it to the second century A. D.; and Dr. Bühler, who re-edited it, to a slightly earlier time. And the title of Sātakarṇi, being associated particularly with the Andhrabhṛitya dynasty, suggests that this Hāritiputra may possibly be a member of that line of kings.²