Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c20.49

c20.49

I shall perhaps be accused of attaching an excessive importance to the order of succession in which the names of provinces are enumerated in the inscription of Puḷumāyi. But the inscription of Rudradāman at Girnar, which goes up to the same epoch, also contains a list of provinces subdued by Rudradāman, the adversary of the Sātakarṇi dynasty, to which Gautamīputra and Puḷumāyi belonged. His domain is partly formed of the territories conquered from the Sātakarṇis. The following are found in this list : Ākar-Āvanti, Anūpa, Surāṣṭra, Kukur-Aparānta, etc. ( पूर्वापराकरवन्त्यनूपनिवृतत्सुराष्ट्रश्वभ्रमरुच्छसिन्धुसौवीरकुकुरापरान्त-निषधादीनाम् ). But here the order of succession is the reverse, since Rudradāman extended his conquests from the north to the south, starting from the region of Ujjayanī, his capital, whereas Gautamīputra, starting from the banks of the Godāvarī, marched conquering from the south to the north.