History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c16.s1.30
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c16.s1.30
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¹ There are other known examples, as cited above, of new kings changing the second member of their name on coming to the throne. Chandra-sena similarly changed his name into Chandra Gupta. But the hostile contemporaries persisted in calling him by his original, humbler name, and insisted on the vernacular pronunciation for its obvious pun [Chaṇḍa=‘fierce’].