History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.34

c15.s3.34

76. The Kosalā rulers under the Vākāṭakas numbered nine successions [according to the Bhāgavata, seven]. They were called Meghas. They might have been the descendants of the Chedis of Orissa and Kaliṅga, i.e. the Chedis of the family of Khāravela who were called Mahāmeghas in their imperial days. Their nine or seven successions would carry them back to the time of Vindhyaśakti, the time of the conquest of Andhra, or earlier, to the Bhāraśiva times. According to the Viṣṇu there were seven territorial units of Kosalā [Sapta-Kosalā]. These rulers are described in the Purāṇas as ‘very powerful’ and ‘very wise’. The Meghas reappear under the Guptas as governors of Kauśāmbi where two of their inscriptions have been found.³