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¹ M. M. Haraprasad Shastri seems to be right in identifying Chandra of the Iron Pillar with Chandravarman, king of Pushkaraṇa, Rājputāna, in the fourth century, who was contemporary with Samudragupta, and was brother of Naravarman (Mandasor inscr. of v. s. 461 = A. D. 404–5). The brothers were kings of Mālwā (*Ep. Ind.*, xii, 317). Pushkaraṇa (Pokharan or Pokurna), in 26° 55′ N. and 71° 55′ E. long., is a well-known town, and in Tod's time was still 'the most wealthy and powerful of the baronies of Mārwāṛ' (*Ind. Ant.*, 1913, pp. 217–19; *Annals of Rajasthan*, reprint (2nd ed., 1873), vol. i, p. 605). The Thākurs of Pokharan retain exceptional privileges reminiscent of their ancient royal rank.