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Introduction
XLV His son Vyāghrasera who calls himself the lord of wide Aparanta and other country ( Atidesa ) issued his grant from Aniruddhapura to a Brāhmaṇa named Nāgasarman a 'Purohita - pallikā' in the Āhāra of Iksharaki. The grant was written by the Mahāsāndhivigrahika - the great minister for peace and war - Karkka. The name of the Dūtaka is Halāhala.
We learn from the coins and these grants that Dahrasena and his son Vyāghrasena were devout Vaishṇavas. In the grants they call themselves Bhagwatpāda - Karma - kara - the servants of God, and in the coins Parama - Vaishnava the devout Vaishnava.
We may note that these Traikuțakas were connected with Haihayas.
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Chandragupta II came to the throne about the year 375 A. D. The conquest of Mālawa and Gujarāt including Saurāshțra must have been a matter of long war." The expedition which conquered Mālawă seems to have passed from Allahabad by Bundelkhand to Bhilsa and thence to Mālawā.” The way by which the second Chandragupta's army must have marched is inferred as follows : “From Ujjain by way of Bagh and Tanda in the province of Ratt he seeins to have entered South Gujarāt and to have passed from the Broach coast to Kathjāwada." Chandragupta II struck silver coins in the Kshatrapa style. His coins in Gujarāt are rare while those of his son Kumāragupta are common. On many gold coins of Chandragupta II a young man is standing behind the main figure with his right hand on the shoulder of the main figure. These figures are supposed to refer to Kumāragupta
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