The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.142

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Now, in the Purâṇas we have lists of kings and dynasties that ruled over the country. The earliest dynasty with which we are here concerned is the Maurya founded by Chandragupta in B.C. 320, as determined by his relations with Seleucus, one of the generals and successors of Alexander the Great. It ruled over Northern India for 137 years according to the Purâṇas, and the last king Brihadratha was murdered by his general Pushyamitra or Pushpamitra, who founded the Śuṅga dynasty. This was in power for 112 years and was succeeded by the Kâṇva family which ruled for forty-five years. The Kâṇvas were overthrown by Sipraka, Sindhuka, or Sisuka, as he is variously named, who founded what the Purâṇas call the dynasty of the Andhrabhrityas, that is, Andhras who were once servants or dependents. The second king of this dynasty was Krishna according to all, the third was Śâtakarṇi or Śrîśâtakarṇi according to the Vâyu or Vishnu, while the Bhâgavata corrupts the name slightly to Śantakarṇa. The Mâtsya interposes three more kings between Krishna and Śâtakarṇi, while the Vishnu has another Śâtakarṇi to correspond with that of the Mâtsya. Gotamîputra is the thirteenth prince according to the Vâyu, fifteenth according to the Bhâgavata, seventeenth according to the Vishnu, and twenty-second according to the Mâtsya. Pulimat, Purimat or Pulomat was his successor