A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c11.23

c11.23

The Ābhiras were certainly foreigners and are mentioned in the Mahābhāshya. In the second century A.D., they figure as generals under the Śaka satraps of western India. The Purānas state that ten Ābhiras succeeded the Sātavāhanas and ruled for 67 years. An inscription from Nasik speaks of king Mādhariputa Iśvarasena, the Ābhira, and a son of Śivadatta. The record has much in common with Sātavāhana inscriptions, including the manner of its dating. Iśvarasena was perhaps the founder of the dynasty about which nothing more is known than that in A.D. 249-50 it originated an era called Kalachuri or Chedi in later times.