History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s4.t1.26
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c14.s4.t1.26
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c14.s4.t1.26
The distribution of the coins and the different issues prove that Virasena ousted the Kushans from Mathurā and from the whole of the Doab of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā which constitute the present territory of the United Provinces. From the evidence of the Kushan inscriptions and the age of the coins and the inscriptions of Virasena it is certain that soon after the 98th year of the Kushan era, the new king Virasena occupied Mathurā, which we may date about the year 180 A.D. The date, therefore, of the Jānkhat inscription would be about 180-185 A.D. Virasena had a fairly long reign. His coin reproduced by General Cunningham bears a date, which I read as year 34. Giving him a reign of about 40 years, we place him from 170-210 A.D. as the sovereign replacing the Kushans.