Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c17.s2.9

c17.s2.9

As to the first point we should note that according to Mr. R. P. Chanda the inscription of Nāyanikā is later than the Besnagar Inscription of Bhāgavata, possibly the penultimate king of the "line" of Pushya-mitra mentioned in the *Purāṇas*.¹ Consequently Simuka may be placed in the Kāṇva period, *i.e.*, in the first century B.C.—a date which accords with Purāṇic evidence.¹