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¹ Diodorus, XVII, 93; V. A. Smith, Early History of India, 4th edition, pp. 43—51; F. W. Thomas, Cambridge History of India, I, pp. 469—71. S. V. Venkatesvara Aiyar, Ind. Ant., 1915, pp. 41 et seq., regards the Nandas as a continuation of the Śaiśunâga dynasty. Jayaswal (J. B. O R S., IV, 91—95) interprets Navanandâḥ as new Nandas instead of nine Nandas as hitherto accepted. Nanda Râja is mentioned twice in the Hâthîgumphâ inscription of Khâravela, the Jaina king of Orissâ, c. 165 B.C. For the Puranic tradition, Pargiter, Ancient Indian Historical Tradition; Dynasties of the Kali Age.