The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.43

v1.c30.43

Of Agnimitra nothing is known beyond such information as may be gleaned from the *Mālavikāgnimitra* and the Purāṇas. The combined evidence of these two sources may be interpreted to mean that, after ruling at Vidiçā as his father's viceroy, he was his successor as suzerain for a period of eight years. Whether the Agnimitra, whose coins are found in N. Pañchāla and who was therefore presumably king of Ahicchatra, can be identified with the Çuṅga king of that name is uncertain (p. 525; Pl. V, 3).