History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c16.s3.26
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c16.s3.26
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The main army was under Viṣṇugopa, who was supported on flanks by the Kaliṅga forces. The battle might be called the ‘Battle of Kurāḷa’. By this battle there was achieved the conquest of the Vākāṭaka provinces of Kosalā, Mekalā and Andhra. Samudra Gupta returned by the same route of Kosalā, as no other countries are noted by Hariṣeṇa. We may date it about 345-346 A.D. It must have followed soon after the battle of Kauśāmbī (344 A.D.). Like Khāravela, Samudra Gupta's campaigns might average one in two years [344 A.D. to 348 A.D.]. Starting after the rains he could have returned to Patna the same year.¹