History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s2.44
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c14.s2.44
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19. There are also coins of Uttama dāta and Purusha dāta,¹ Kāma dāta and Śiva dāta (mentioned by Prof. Rapson as Kāmadatta and Śivadatta in J.R.A.S., 1900, p. 111), and also of Bhava dāta [illustrated in J.R.A.S., 1900, p. 97, pl., fig. No. 13, which, read by Prof. Rapson as Bhīmadāta, really reads as of Bhavadāta]². Against these there are the unnamed kings of the line in the Purāṇas amongst whom figures Śiva Nandi of the Pavāyā inscription who can now be easily identified with Śiva dāta of the coins.