History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s3.6
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c14.s3.6
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³ ‘Nava-Nāgāḥ Padmāvatyāṃ Kāntipuryāṃ Mathurāyāṃ; anu-Gaṅgā-Prayāgaṃ Māgadhā Guptāś cha bhokṣyanti.’ As the Guptas are qualified by ‘Māgadhāḥ’, so the Nāgas are qualified by the word ‘Nava’. In both cases the Purāṇa does not give any number. It cannot mean here ‘nine’. It may mean either the ‘New’, ‘Later’, Nāgas or the Nāgas of Nava’s Dynasty. See § 26.