Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c27.11

c27.11

**A. D. 150-350 :**—1. Ābhīras (N. Mahārāshṭra and W. India).
2. Vākāṭakas (Berar and adjoining provinces) and chiefs of Mahākāntāra.
3. Kingdoms of South Kosala, Kaurāla, Koṭṭura, Eraṇḍapalla, Devarāshṭra (under the Vaśishṭha family ?), Pishṭapura (under the Māṭhara-*kula* ?), Avamukta, Palakka, Kusthalapura.
4. Kingdom of Andhrāpatha (and Veṅgī) :—
(a) Ikshvākus.
(b) Rulers of the Ānanda-*gotra* (Kandarapura).
(c) Bṛihatphalāyanas of Kudura, etc.
(d) Śālaṅkāyanas (Salakenoi of Ptolemy ?) of Veṅgīpura, one of whom was Hastivarman of Veṅgī.
5. Pallavas of Kāñchī,
6. Sātakarṇis of Kuntala.