History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.53
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s3.53
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¹ The Pallavas [Śiva] Skandavarman I, though a Dharmamahārājādhirāja of the South, never struck any independent coin, and his son and descendants remained ‘Mahārājas’, i.e., Mahārājas to the Vākāṭaka Samrāṭ. ‘Mahārāja’ denoted a feudatory position at the time. Śivaskandavarman’s descendants describe him only as a ‘Mahārāja’ in their copperplates. The title of [Dharma] Mahārājādhirāja, was short-lived and was intended as against the Cholas, etc., i.e., the South.