The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.29

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¹ Durlabhavardhana claimed descent from Nāga Karkoṭaka. According to the Epic and Pauranic tradition the Kārkoṭaka Nāgas were in the Deccan. The Haihaya king Arjuna, son of Kṛtavīrya is said to have captured Māhiṣmatī from these Nāgas. Does the claim of Durlabha indicate that he was a southerner? See Pargiter, *Ancient Indian Historical Tradition*, London, 1922, p. 266 and fn. 1; also *Mahābhārata*, VIII, 44, 2066; III, 66, 2671; VIII, 34, 1483; *Harivaṁśa*, 168, 9502; *Padmapurāṇa*, VI, 242, 2.