History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s4.5
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c14.s4.5
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c14.s4.5
(1) He was a king who ruled in the United Provinces.
(2) His coins were issued from Kauśāmbī where they are often found and the coins have symbols and fabric of the Hindu mint of Kauśāmbī.
(3) His coins are of the same series which Dr. Smith has published on Plate XXIII of the C.I.M., and called them ‘unassigned’ (see below, § 26 B).
(4) His coinage bears affinity with the Vidiśā-Mathurā Nāga coins.
(5) He had a reign of at least 27 years, as his coins are dated in the years 6, 20 and 27.¹
(6) By his coinage he is connected with Padmāvatī and Vidiśā on the one hand and with Virasena and the kings of the Kauśāmbī coins on the other.