History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s4.t1.91

c14.s4.t1.91

My reasons for assigning the above order in the succession of the P a d m ā v a t ī kings are these: G a n a p a t i N ā g a is the last king; about his date we are certain from the date of Samudra Gupta. As he has left several thousands of coins—in fact, he has left the largest number of coins out of all the kings of Hindu times—we have to assign to him a long reign. The issues of his coins are also many (I have counted about 8). I have, therefore, given him a reign of 35 years. B h i m a N ā g a’s coins immediately follow V i r a s e n a’s; and S k a n d a N ā g a’s coinage follows his. D e v a N ā g a seems to have immediately preceded Ganapati Nāga, for they both add at times ‘Indra’ (A.S.R., 1915-16, p. 105) behind their names—Devendra, Ganendra. Between B r i h a s p a t i N ā g a and V y ā g h r a N ā g a, the latter preceded immediately Deva Nāga, as both have the [Vākāṭaka] imperial wheel-mark [§§ 61A, 102¹] on their coins.