History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c19.s2.10
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c19.s2.10
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c19.s2.10
The name of the mukhalingam, now lying flat in the temple, is *Bhākul dev*, according to the tradition current at Majhgawāñ and the neighbourhood. This seems to stand for *Bhāra-kula-deva*, ‘the Deity of the Bhāra-kula (dynasty)’. The date of the bricks would warrant the inference that probably this was the Śiva-lingam founded by the Bhāra-Śiva king mentioned in the Vākāṭaka inscriptions. In any case its period is the Bhāraśiva period.