History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c21.s2.14

c21.s2.14

Seal No. 26 belongs to another Vākāṭaka governor and was recovered from the same stratum as the seal numbered 27. The legend is in similar characters but slightly later in date: ‘Mahārāja Gautamiputrasya Śrī Śiva-māghasya’. It has the same crest of the Nandi bull and the Ganges as on the seal of Bhimasena, and the title Mahārāja. The figure of the Ganges standing on a makara is clear here. Her left hand is on the hip in both the figures and the right hand points to a standard. Mahārāja Śivamāgha² is known from a stone inscription at Kosam inscribed during his rule (E.I., Vol. XVIII, p. 159, pl. No. ii). He was actually the Governor of Kauśāmbi in the beginning of the Fourth Century A.D. He seems to have been dead or transferred by the Vākāṭaka year 86³ (334 A.D. which falls within the reign of Pravarasena I) when another governor Mahārāja Śrī Bhadrama . .was ruling at Kauśāmbi.