[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.s3.5 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.5 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.5) According to Dubreuil, \*\*Chashṭana\*\* ascended the throne in A.D. 78, and was the founder of the Śaka era. But this is improbable in view of the fact that the capital of Chashṭana (Tiastanes) was Ujjain (Ozene of Ptolemy), whereas we learn from the \*Periplus\* that Ozene was not a capital in the seventies of the first century A.D.³ The \*Periplus\* speaks of Ozene as a former capital, implying that it was not a capital in its own time. - [Previous: c19.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.4) - [Next: c19.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.6) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.5) · Pramāṇa