Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c17.s1.7

c17.s1.7

¹ There is no valid reason for connecting the Nūrruvar Kannar (*Silappadikaram*, xxvi, Dikshitar’s trans. 299 f.) either with the Sātakarṇis or with Magadha. The expression "Kannar" sometimes stands alone proving that Nūrruvar is only a qualifying adjective, not a part of the name. The Ganges, even if it be the Bhāgīrathī, and not Gautamī Gaṅgā or the Godāvarī, with which the family is associated, flows through other territories besides Magadha, showing that there is no necessary connection between that province and the kings in question.