History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s4.14

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95. Harisheṇa, about 500 A.D., had to subjugate some of the old feudatories of his house, including the Traikūṭas. This seems to be evident from the Ajaṇṭā inscription and the inscriptions of the Traikūṭakas. Dahrasena, the Traikūṭaka, had once declared his independence about 455 A.D., i.e. the year of the Pushyamitra War of Skanda Gupta, and was brought back by Narendrasena under his control (§ 92). But we find again his son Vyāghrasena [c. 490 A.D.] issuing coins, and then the family disappearing, which is to be dated in the reign of Harisheṇa. After 494 A.D. no trace of their family is found.¹ It should be noticed that the Traikūṭakas use the era which, as we shall presently see, was the era of the Vākāṭakas. It seems that this feudatory dynasty was finally abolished in or after the reign of Harisheṇa.