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# History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s3.26

History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c17.s3.26

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### [c17.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c17.s3.26)

§ 194. The first G a ṅ g a king came in by right of conquest, presumably as a general of the P a l l a v a s or the main V ā k ā ṭ a k a s, which is suggested by their title G a ṅ g a. He acquired a country of ‘gentlemanly population’ \[sva-bhuja-java-jaya-janita-sujana-janapadasya\], having fought terrible enemies (dāruṇa-arigaṇa°). The king was ‘adorned with marks of wounds (in battle)’ \[labdha-vraṇa-bhūṣaṇasya Kāṇvāyana-sagotrasya Śrīmat K o ṅ k a ṇ i-v a r m a-d h a r m a-m a h ā d h i r ā j a s y a\].

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