History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s1.26

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57A. It seems that the Brahmin who according to the Purāṇas was the first anointed king and the founder of the dynasty and who assumed the appropriate appellation of V i n d h y a ś a k t i, adopted the name of his town as his dynastic title. That the town of Vākāṭa is of ancient origin is proved by a pilgrim’s inscription at Amarāvatī where a common citizen, about 150 B.C., describes himself as a Vākāṭaka, i.e. as an original inhabitant of Vākāṭa.¹ The town might have borne even in those days the proud military tradition claiming association with D r o ṇ ā c h ā r y a, who, like the V ā k ā ṭ a k a s, was a B h ā r a d v ā j a Brahmin.