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² All the *Purāṇas* call him (Krishna) Simuka’s brother. Rapson would infer that this explains the absence of his name in the Nānāghāṭ relievo inscriptions (op. cit., p. xix). Mr. Bakhle propounds a theory of Kaṇha’s usurpation of power, over-riding the claims of Sātakarṇi, to explain his omission from the Nānāghāṭ (JBBRAS, 1927, p. 53). These inferences are all based on the belief that the Sātakarṇi of the inscription was the son of Simuka. But this is after all only a conjecture. See infra.