The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.156

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¹-Professor Oldenberg considers Chashtana to be a Satrap appointed by Gotamîputra, a supposition which is unwarrantable, since a prince like Gotamîputra whose aim was to expel and destroy foreigners cannot be expected to appoint a foreigner, as Chashtana's name indicates he was, to be a viceroy, and to use a foreign title; and we have seen that Boleocuros, who was a viceroy of that monarch or of his son, does not use that title. Rudradâman, the grandson of Chashtana, appointed, as we see from his Junâgad inscription, a Pahlava of the name of Suvisâkha, who was the son of Kulaipa, to govern Surâshtra and Ânarta. This circumstance confirms what we gather from other sources, namely, that this was a dynasty of princes of a foreign origin, who had adopted Hindu manners and even names, had in some cases entered into marriage alliance with native royal families, and were domiciled in the country.