Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c22.s2.3

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² The omission of Skanda's name in the Bhitarī seal of his brother's grandson does not necessarily imply that the relations between him and Puru's family were unfriendly as suggested by Mr. R. D. Banerji (*cf. Annals of the Bhand. Ins.*, 1918-19, pp. 74-75). The name of Pulakeśin II is omitted in an inscription of his brother and Yuvarāja Vishṇuvardhana (Sātārā grant, *Ind. Ant.*, 1890 pp. 227f). The name of Bhoja II of the Imperial Pratīhāra dynasty is not mentioned in the Partabgarh Inscription of his nephew Mahendrapāla II, but it is mentioned in an inscription of his brother Vināyakapāla, the father of Mahendrapāla. Besides, there was no custom prohibiting the mention of the name of a rival uncle or brother. Maṅgaleśa and Govinda II are mentioned in the inscriptions of their rivals and their descendants. On the other hand even an ancestor of a reigning king was sometimes omitted, *e.g.*, Dharapaṭṭa is omitted in his son's inscription (Kielhorn, *N. Ins.*, No. 464).