[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c9.97 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c9.97 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c9.97 - **Language:** English ### [c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9.97) demons;¹ and a third, that he was the \*yuga-purusha\* or representative man of the present age.² But no mention is made anywhere of the Maurya lineage. On the other hand, the word Gutta is a well-established corruption of Gupta. One of the records places "ten Guptas," after other kings who are not particularised, in the lineage of Vikramâditya of Ujjayanî.³ And, not only are the members of the family described as \*Vikramâditya-vamś-ôdbhava\*, "born in the race of Vikramâditya,"⁴ and \*Chandragupta-vamś-ôdbhava\*, "born in the race of Chandragupta,"⁵ but also Mallidêva is styled \*Gupta-vamśa-Triṇêtra\*, "a very Triṇêtra (Śiva) in the Gupta race," and \*Gupta-vamśa-vârdhi-vardhana\*, "increasing (like the moon) the ocean of the Gupta race."⁷ It is plain, in fact, that the Gutta princes of Guttal claimed descent in reality from the Early Gupta kings, of whose dominions, at any rate from the time of Kumâragupta I. onwards, Mâlwa did form a part, and not from the Mauryas. From their use of the names Chandragupta and Vikramâditya, they seem to have really had some definite knowledge of the Early Guptas.⁸ But they mixed it up with matters which were probably more familiar to them. They evidently identified the Early Gupta king Chandragupta I., or his grandson of the same name, with the far more well known Maurya king Chandragupta. And the introduction of Vikramâditya of Ujjain into their traditions is to be explained by the fact that "Vikramâditya" was a secondary name both of Chandragupta I. and of his grandson. - [Previous: c9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9.96) - [Next: c9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9.98) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c9.97) · Pramāṇa