History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s2.13
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c17.s2.13
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175. We get help and corroboration here from the Buddhist history. In 310 A.D., according to Siamese Buddhist history, Andhradeśa was under Nāga kings, from whom permission was taken to transfer a portion of the tooth relic to Ceylon from Dantapura in Andhradeśa.¹ The place in Andhradeśa is called Majerika, which I think is the name of the branch of the Godavari now called Manjhira.² The ‘Nāga’ king described by the Buddhists must be the Pallava king who was under the Nāga empire and was at the time (c. 300 A.D.) a descendant of the Nāga Emperor, having sprung from the Nāga princess married by Virakūrcha (§ 182 ff.).