The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s2.18

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¹ The theory that the Bhāraśiva Nāgas of Bundelkhand had founded an empire embracing Madhya Pradeśa and Central or Eastern U.P. during c. A.D. 180-250 is altogether unfounded. The Bhāraśivas were the Nāga rulers of Padmāvatī near Gwalior and their kingdom never included any part of the Deccan. It is doubtful whether Virasena, who is said to have founded this empire, was a Nāga ruler at all. His coins are found only in the northern Uttara Pradeśa and never in the Madhya Pradeśa and Central or Eastern U.P.; this fact shows that the Deccan was never included in this kingdom.