[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923) › c19.s2.t1.1 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s2.t1.1 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s2.t1.1 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.t1.1) ³ In \*JRAS\*, July, 1934, 560ff, Dr. D. C. Sircar suggests that the name of this king was Śrī Yajña Sātakarṇi as stated in inscriptions, and not Yajña Śrī (as stated in the Purāṇas). It should, however, be remembered that \*Śrī\* is here an honorific and it is frequently used as a suffix in the names of members of the Sātavāhana royal house (\*cf.\* Veda or Skanda-Siri, Haku-Siri, Bala-Śrī, Siva-Śrī, etc.; Rapson, \*Andhra Coins\*, pp. xlvii, l, lii). The mere fact that in certain documents Śrī precedes the name of a king does not prove conclusively that it was never used as a suffix. In the famous inscription of Khāravela the king is called both Siri Khāravela and Khāravela-Siri. In the \*Mudrārākshasa\* Śrīmat Chandragupta is also styled Chanda-Siri. \*Cf.\* Aśoka Śrī in \*Pariśishṭa-parvan\*, IX. 14. - [Previous: c19.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.26) - [Next: c19.s2.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.t1.2) - [Up: c19.s2.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.t1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pariśiṣṭaparvan](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.parisistaparvan.9.14) — Hemacandra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s2.t1.1) · Pramāṇa