[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933) › c15.s1.26 # History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s1.26 History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s1.26 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1.26) 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. - [Previous: c15.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1.25) - [Next: c15.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1.27) - [Up: c15.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s1.26) · Pramāṇa