History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c16.s2.40

c16.s2.40

§ 126 A. The third unit of the Gupta Empire was the tract to the south of the Vindhyas, consisting of the Naiṣadha, Yaduka, Śaiśika and Kālatoyaka provinces. Śaiśika was next-door to Māhishmatī.² Taking Naiṣadha to be Berar, and Yaduka to be Devagiri (Daulatabad), we may fix this imperial province as being between the Bālāghāṭ range and the Sātpura, the valley of the Tāptī river. Kālatoyā is placed in the Mahā-Bhārata between the Ābhīras (Gujarat) and Aparānta.³ The ruler of this province, which was created at the cost of the Vākāṭaka Empire, was a Maṇidhānyaka, a son or a descendant of Maṇidhānya.¹ The province thus created was probably handed over to Pṛithivīsheṇa on conclusion of better relations, for Pṛithivīsheṇa must be ruling over this portion to be in direct contact with the king of Kuntala, whom he conquered.² We find in the reign of Chandra Gupta II the Vākāṭakas ruling in and from Berar.