The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s5.9

v1.c7.s5.9

The twice defeated Sātakarṇi of the Girnār record can be no other than Gautamīputra Yajñaśrī himself, as may be seen from the chronology suggested above. Obviously he was no son-in-law of Rudradāman, who was a Vāsiṣṭhīputra. The Girnār date, A.D. 150, being the 16th regnal year of Śrī Yajña+y, the marriage of the Karddamaka princess, Rudradāman’s daughter, with Vāsiṣṭhīputra Sātakarṇi of Kānheri, must have been celebrated earlier than that year, viz. A.D. (128+16) = 144+y. For after that occurred the defeat and release of Śrī Yajña by the prowess and grace of Rudradāman. But Vāsiṣṭhīputra Chandra Sāti was definitely a later king, coming second in succession after Yajña Śrī.