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# History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c4: Chapter VII.

History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c4

- **Language:** English

### Chapter VII.

### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c4.1)

| | PAGES |  
| \*The Vākāṭakas\* | 62 |  
| § 52. The Vākāṭakas and their importance | 62 |  
| § 53. Importance of the Vākāṭaka Period | 64 |  
| § 54. Position of Pravarasena I | 65 |  
| § 55. Purāṇas and the Vākāṭakas | 65 |  
| § 56. The original home of the Vākāṭakas | 66 |  
| Kilakilā river | 66 |  
| § 57. ‘Vākāṭaka’, its meaning | 67 |  
| § 57A. The Town of Vākāṭa, c. 150 B.C. | 68 |  
| § 58. ‘Kilakilā Yavanaḥ’ a wrong reading | 68 |  
| § 59. Vindhyaśakti | 69 |  
| § 60. His capital (Chanakā or Kāñchanakā) | 70 |

### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c4.2)

CHAPTER VIII.

### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c4.3)

| \*Vākāṭaka Records and Chronology\* | 71 |  
| § 61. Vākāṭaka Coins | 71 |  
| § 61A. Vākāṭaka Inscriptions | 73 |  
| \[F.N. on ‘makara-toraṇa’\] | 73 |  
| § 62. Vākāṭaka Genealogy | 75 |  
| § 63. Veracity of the Inscriptions | 76 |  
| § 64. Fixed points in Vākāṭaka Chronology | 77 |  
| § 65. Purāṇic Data on Vākāṭaka Chronology | 77 |  
| §§ 66-67. ” ” ” ” | 78 |  
| § 68. Dates of the Vākāṭaka Kings | 79 |  
| § 69. Their Corroboration from Gupta history | 80 |  
| And the date of the dispersion of the Lichchhavis | 81 |

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