The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s5.14

v1.c7.s5.14

But Mr. V. S. Bakhle would assume the existence of an independent rule by this Vāsiṣṭhīputra Sātakarṇi over lands so extensive that he found it necessary to appoint viceroys in the east. According to him Śiva Śrī, a king in the Purāṇic lists, was his choice for the post. We hope that Mr. Bakhle did not suggest this hypothesis as a counter-blast to the earlier theories of an eastern capital for the kingdom and a western viceroyalty at Paiṭhan. Mr. Bakhle also gauged this Vāsiṣṭhīputra’s prowess by the absence of the title of Mahākshatrapa with the name of Jayadāman. He argued that Chashṭana was the ruler of Ujjain, Malwa, Kāṭhiāwāḍ, and Gujerāt. ‘This territory, which was lost by Puḷumāvi, was certainly not reclaimed by him; and it must have been his successor, Vāsiṣṭhīputra Sātakarṇi, who did this.’ Mr. Bakhle, therefore, hazarded a conjecture that ‘Vāsiṣṭhīputra Sātakarṇi conquered that country while it was under Jayadāman; and the latter made peace with him by a matrimonial alliance’.²