Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c17.6

c17.6

¹ It was probably a constitution of this sort which prevailed amongst the Kuṇindas, a state whose coins were struck in the name of the king and the political community. Their king is always mentioned there as '*Amoghabhūti*', '*Of unfailing prosperity*,' and the same appellation appears for centuries (150 B C. to 100 A C.). This was an official title, and not a personal name (as wrongly interpreted by numismatists: V. Smith, CCIM., Vol. I., pp. 161, 167). The leaders of the Gaṇa of the Kaulindas (spelt also as Kuṇinda) are mentioned by V. Mihira, *Br. S.* IV. 24, (कौलिन्दान् नयपुङ्गवान्); xiv. 30, 33. Ptolemy has Kulindrine; the Viṣṇu P., Kulinda and the Mārkaṇḍeya P., Kaulinda. Cunningham, CAI., 71. Their coins are found between Ambala and Saharanpur. Their proposed identification with 'Kanets' [which ought to be Kanets] of the Simla hills (A.S.R., XIV, p. 126) is doubtful.