History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s1.t2.6

c17.s1.t2.6

166. In the time of the Kauṭilya, as noted above, there was the republic of the S a u r ā ṣ ṭ r a s in Kathiawar. The Ābhīras and the S a u r ā ṣ ṭ r a s seem to have been allied and akin to the Y ā d a v a s and the A n d h a k a - V ṛ i ṣ ṇ i s.