The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c9.94

c9.94

The traditions embodied in the Gutta records involve some confusion. The mention of Pâṭalîputra shews distinctly that the Guttas supposed themselves to be descended ultimately from the great Maurya king Chandragupta of Pâṭaliputra, the grandfather of Aśôka. And the king Vikramâditya of Ujjayanî in Mâlwa, from whom also they claimed descent, is plainly the mythical king who is supposed to have established the Vikrama era, commencing B. C. 58 :¹ one passage says that at Ujjain he mastered the aṣṭa-mahâ-siddhi or eight great supernatural faculties ;² another, that he ruled over the Bêtâlas or