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carelessness, have forgotten to record it; and though there are certain
dates in the Puranas and elsewhere, there are no means of testing their
accuracy; for his accession, however, there are one or two that are
worth recording. Thus, Wilford reports that this Vicraniaditya
ascended the throne of Malwa 441,1 reckoning from the first of Saliva-
liana, or, 520 ; or, according to the Agni Parana, 437 years after the
same epoch, or 516,s which, I believe, may be the exact year; and there
are several other dates which might be used to confirm this assump-
tion, but there are no means of testing the genuineness.
Assuming this for the present, it leaves only forty-five years for
the two or thi'ee preceding reigns ; and it seems hardly sufficient for
the purpose, for, as we shall presently see from the 'Raja Tarangini,'
there were nine descents between Pratapaditya, the friend of the first
Vicraniaditya, and Matrigupta, the protege' of the second. Of course
there may be considerable overlapping among the first and last of
these nine kings, but it seems impossible to compress the whole within
a shorter period than has been allowed.
However the small discrepancies of this dynasty may hereafter be
adjusted, it is satisfactory to know that there is probably no date that
will admit of a greater correction than say ten years, if so much, and
the age of the last king, Hiouen Thsang's friend, enables us to feel
perfectly certain as to the dates of his son-in-law, Dhruvasena, of
Ballabhi, of Sasanka, of Pundra Verddhana, of Kumara, of Kama-
rupa, and of Pulakesi II. of Kalyan. We have thus at least one fixed
point in our mediaeval history which is quite certain, and from which
we can calculate backwards and forwards without difficulty, and is
also an interesting one, as its final date, G50, is the beginning of the
end which was consummated, as we shall see in the next section, by
Laladitva just one century later.
Asoka, 276 to 240 n.c.
Jaloka.
Damod&ra.
Hnshka \ _ , „. .
■ i . I urtu Princes esta
Jushka v .•_ ,,,,
Tr . ,, lished middlusni.
Kamshka )
AbHinumu, 79 a.i>. ?
OONAKDYA DYNASTY.
Gonartla. Naga wonhip restored.
Vibhishana.
ASHMIB.
Indrajita.
Eavana.
Vibhishana.
Kara.
Siddha.
Utjialakslia.
Hiranyakslia.
Hiianyakula.
Vasukulo.
Mihiiakula, invaded Ceylon 250 ?
Vaka.
•Asiatic Researches,' vol. ix. p. ISO.
- Loo. cit. ]). 161.
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737
carelessness, have forgotten to record it; and though there are certain
dates in the Puranas and elsewhere, there are no means of testing their
accuracy; for his accession, however, there are one or two that are
worth recording. Thus, Wilford reports that this Vicraniaditya
ascended the throne of Malwa 441,1 reckoning from the first of Saliva-
liana, or, 520 ; or, according to the Agni Parana, 437 years after the
same epoch, or 516,s which, I believe, may be the exact year; and there
are several other dates which might be used to confirm this assump-
tion, but there are no means of testing the genuineness.
Assuming this for the present, it leaves only forty-five years for
the two or thi'ee preceding reigns ; and it seems hardly sufficient for
the purpose, for, as we shall presently see from the 'Raja Tarangini,'
there were nine descents between Pratapaditya, the friend of the first
Vicraniaditya, and Matrigupta, the protege' of the second. Of course
there may be considerable overlapping among the first and last of
these nine kings, but it seems impossible to compress the whole within
a shorter period than has been allowed.
However the small discrepancies of this dynasty may hereafter be
adjusted, it is satisfactory to know that there is probably no date that
will admit of a greater correction than say ten years, if so much, and
the age of the last king, Hiouen Thsang's friend, enables us to feel
perfectly certain as to the dates of his son-in-law, Dhruvasena, of
Ballabhi, of Sasanka, of Pundra Verddhana, of Kumara, of Kama-
rupa, and of Pulakesi II. of Kalyan. We have thus at least one fixed
point in our mediaeval history which is quite certain, and from which
we can calculate backwards and forwards without difficulty, and is
also an interesting one, as its final date, G50, is the beginning of the
end which was consummated, as we shall see in the next section, by
Laladitva just one century later.
Asoka, 276 to 240 n.c.
Jaloka.
Damod&ra.
Hnshka \ _ , „. .
■ i . I urtu Princes esta
Jushka v .•_ ,,,,
Tr . ,, lished middlusni.
Kamshka )
AbHinumu, 79 a.i>. ?
OONAKDYA DYNASTY.
Gonartla. Naga wonhip restored.
Vibhishana.
ASHMIB.
Indrajita.
Eavana.
Vibhishana.
Kara.
Siddha.
Utjialakslia.
Hiranyakslia.
Hiianyakula.
Vasukulo.
Mihiiakula, invaded Ceylon 250 ?
Vaka.
•Asiatic Researches,' vol. ix. p. ISO.
- Loo. cit. ]). 161.
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