The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t3.10

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We cannot enter into the details of this controversy. It is essential to point out that the mere matronymics like Gautamīputra and Māḍhariputra cannot make these rulers Sātavāhanas; for example, Gautamīputra and Vāsiṣṭhīputra appear as epithets of the Magha kings Śivamagha and Bhīmasena; a Mahārathi chief at Karli has the matronymic Vāsiṣṭhīputra. The rulers who struck the Kolhapur coins need not therefore be identified as Sātavāhanas merely because they are described as Gautamīputra and Vāsiṣṭhīputra. Ptolemy states that Polemaios of Paithan and Baleokuros of Hippokura were contemporaries. It is clear that Polemaios is the Greek form of Puḷumāvi and that Baleokuros is Viḷivāyakura. These were two different though contemporary kings. It is therefore very likely that the Viḷivāyakura and Śivalakura of the Kolhapur coins were members of some local feudatory ruling family.