[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933) › c14.s2.3 # History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s2.3 History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c14.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2.3) 11. We have in the Vākāṭaka inscriptions one of the Bhāra Śivas named, and we have in that name that he was a Nāga king—of the Bhāra Śivas—\[i.e. of the dynasty of the Bhāra Śivas\]—Mahārāja Śrī Bhava Nāga’. The Purāṇas describe, after mentioning the fall of the Āndhras and their contemporaries the Tukhāra-Muruṇḍa dynasty \[i.e. the dynasty we now call the Imperial Kushan\], the rise of Vindhyaśakti on the Kilakilā, that is, the Vākāṭaka dynasty in Bundelkhand, ‘Kilakilā’ being a river near Panna.¹ The Purāṇas in explaining the importance of the rule of the son of Vindhyaśakti begin to describe the Nāga Dynasty. The Nāga Dynasty arose at Vidiśā, the well-known seat of a viceroyalty under the Śuṅgas. - [Previous: c14.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2.2) - [Next: c14.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2.4) - [Up: c14.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s2.3) · Pramāṇa