History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c16.s3.44
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c16.s3.44
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c16.s3.44
141. The enveloping movement of Samudra Gupta against the Vākāṭaka Empire was practically a continuation of his First Āryāvarta War. The three big battles form really one continuous campaign. The campaign, therefore, must have been carried through quickly. Under a generalship which was so perfect that it never met with a reverse or check, the campaigns would have been finished easily in three fighting seasons—October [Vijayādaśamī] to April each year. Following the chronology adopted above we may date the First Āryāvarta Battle about 344-345 A.D., the Second Āryāvarta War in or about 348 A.D., and the probable Third War c. 349 or 350 A.D.