History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c22.27

c22.27

Prof. Herzfeld identifies Mókán as the district around Quetta. Its lord was Khvarasmán. The learned scholar thinks that MitrAlasén (the lord of Bóraspićín) was a Śaka Satrap. But the Śaka Satrap at the time was Mahākshatrapa Bhartṛdāman (289-295 A.D.) with his Kshatrapa Viśvasena (294-304) and his predecessor was Viśva Simha (Rapson, p. clvi). We have a total absence of the Mahākshatrapa’s family in the Paikuli list. It is thus evident that they were not free to have diplomatic dealings and they must have been represented by the Kúshán Sháh. The independent Indian sovereigns mentioned in the list were Hindu rulers, who at the time existed, according to the Purāṇic data, in Avanti, Abhira, and Surāshṭra (§§ 73A, 74, 81 145 ff.), probably forming a confederacy. MitrAlasén may be a leader of ‘the Three Mitra’ Republics (Pushymitra, Paṭumitra, and Padmamitra), and Bóraspićín is probably from Vāravatī, capital of the Vāravatya Yādavas who were near Valabhī, and whose rulers bore the title of Pushpa.., according to the Mañju-Śrī-Mūlakalpa (ch. 53, p. 625).¹ It is not possible to identify any of the other names as Indian, except perhaps MARWAK as MĀLAVAKA, which is discounted by the unknown Ishtakvín.