History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c21.s2.26

c21.s2.26

Seal No. 33 is of Jayanta, a cavalry officer (aśva-pati). It has the Vākāṭaka wheel-mark. Seal No. 36 belongs to Amātya Īśvarachandra. This also has the Vākāṭaka wheel-mark. Seals Nos. 37 and 38 of Amātya Dharmadeva may or may not belong to the class as the Vākāṭaka royal marks are absent thereon. Seal No. 44 is distinctly Vākāṭakan in script and symbols. It has the Nandi bull and a wheel. The owner was a general—Daṇḍanāyaka Śrī Śaṅkaradatta. Similarly seal No. 45 has a (couchant) bull and also probably a wheel and is from Daṇḍanāyaka Grāmabala. Seal No. 46 is similar to seal No. 45 and is from Daṇḍanāyaka La... Seal No. 48 (not reproduced) appears to be similar to the above seals and is from Daṇḍanāyaka Yajña-vī.... Seal No. 49 has a couchant bull; ‘Daṇḍanā[yaka] Umasya’. No. 51 is exactly similar to No. 44: a standing bull with a mark of the sun between the horns, similar to the figure on No. 44: Daṇḍanāyaka Vu. No. 52 of Pratīhāra.. Viśākha Rudradāma. It has the couchant bull as in No. 45 but more artistically done. No. 54 is similar where the name is Gaṅgadeva. No. 57 has a powerful representation of the bull facing the figure of Gaṅgā which stands between the bull and the standard of Śiva's trident-and-battleaxe (cf. seal No. 14 of Kālañjara). No. 78 has a couchant bull with Rudrasiṃha in characters of the fourth century (a little later than those described above).