History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.48
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s3.48
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81. The same has to be said about Rajputana and the States in Gujarat. The inscription of Samudra Gupta places the Ābhīras at the head of the group of the republican communities of Western and Eastern Malwā, and the Mālavas at the head of the group of the Mālavas-Arjunāyanas-Yaudheyas-Mādrakas. The Mālava-to-Mādraka group extends from S. to N., i.e., from southern Rajputana, one above the other, reaching the Punjab; while the Ābhīra group, beginning in Surāṣṭra and coming to Gujarat includes the region next to the south of the Mālavas, in a straight line from west to east (§145). This is exactly