History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c16.s2.31

c16.s2.31

¹ This use is confirmed and made clear by Samudra Gupta's use of prithivî and dharaṇî for ‘All-India’ in his Allahabad inscription (line 24). It means ‘the Country’, ‘the whole Country’. In the present text of the Bhāgavata, however, [अनुगङ्गाप्रयागं गोप्ता भोक्ष्यन्ति मेदिनीम् ।] anu-Gaṅgā stands as if qualified by medinî. Probably the intention was to signify that the Guptas who were rulers originally of anu-Gaṅgā Prayāga, enjoyed the whole empire or enjoyed anu-Gaṅgā-Prayāga and the Empire.