History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s3.17

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§ 191. The marriage of A v i n i t a K o ṅ ɡ a ṇ i with a K a d a m b a princess is alleged by the G a ṅ ɡ a documents and seems to be confirmed by the reference in the Talagunda inscription of K ā k u s t h a v a r m a n to the political marriages brought about by K ā k u s t h a v a r m a n. K ṛ i ṣ ṇ a v a r m a n I whose sister A v i n i t a K o ṅ ɡ a ṇ i is recorded to have married, was the son of K ā k u s t h a.¹ The time of A v i n i t a K o ṅ ɡ a ṇ i is thus fixed by K ā k u s t h a ' s time (c. 400 A.D.). A y y a v a r m a n, the third prince, was installed by the P a l l a v a S i m h a- v a r m a n II whose time is about 330-344 A.D. (§ 187), and M ā d h a v a (II) was installed by the P a l l a v a S k a n d a- v a r m a n III (c. 344-346 A.D.) who was the successor of S i m h a v a r m a n. Thus these three contemporary houses fix each other's chronology, and prove that the founder of the G a ṅ ɡ a K ā ṇ v ā y a n a Dynasty could not have flourished earlier than 300 A.D.² Their time approximately would be thus (which gives them roughly an average of 16 or 17 years each) :