[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.s3.52 # History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.52 History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s3.52 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3.52) 83. The main feature of the history of the time as between the North and the South is that the North is trying to establish an Empire for All-India. This was the result of the experience which the Hindus had gained during the last empire of the Sātavāhanas. They found that a Southern power could not cope with the invaders against India who always came from the north. To have two emperors in one India appeared to them as a source of great weakness. This seems to be the moral motive for Pravarasena I’s becoming the universal Indian Emperor or Samrāṭ¹ and - [Previous: c15.s3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3.51) - [Next: c15.s3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3.53) - [Up: c15.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c15.s3.52) · Pramāṇa