Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s1.t2.8

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¹ Puṇḍranagara has been identified with Mahāsthāngarh in the Bogra District of Bengal. The identification seems to be confirmed by an inscription, written in early Mauryan Brāhmī character, which has been discovered at Mahāsthāna. The record makes mention of *Puṁḍanagala* and its storehouse filled with coins styled *Gaṇḍakas*, *Kākanikas*, etc. and refers to a people called Saḍvargikas. (Barua, *IHQ*, 1934, March, 57 ff; D. R. Bhandarkar, *Ep. Ind.*, April, 1931, 83 ff; P. C. Sen, *IHQ*, 1933, 722 ff.) Dr. Bhandarkar reads *Sa(ṁ)va(ṁ)giya* in the place of *Saḍvargika* which is more plausibly suggested by Dr. Barua. If the record really belongs to the early Maurya period the reference to coins is interesting. Dr. K. P. Jayaswal thinks that coins of the Maurya age bear certain symbols that can be recognized (*cf. JRAS*, 1936, 437 ff.).