History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.5
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s3.5
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72. The Vākāṭaka Empire begins from the reign of Pravarasena I and ends with the reign of Rudrasena I who had no time, on account of Samudra Gupta's first war (§ 132), to assume the imperial position of his Vākāṭaka grandfather. Emperor Pravarasena, whose coin bears the date 76, evidently counted the foundation of his state from the time of his father as he himself ruled for only 60 years. Samudra Gupta similarly in reckoning the ‘Gupta-rājya’ years¹ counted from the coronation of his father, and followed the example of Pravarasena I.