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________________ 270 AN EARLY HISTORY OF ORISSA the coins of one of them, probably of the latter, are restruck." (4) A coin of Bșihaspatimitra preserved in the Lucknow Museum which has been assigned to the Pañchāla series. (5) A legend in the Divyāvadāna speaks of a Bșihas pati as Maurya king among the successors of Samprati, grandson of Asoka. (6) Brihaspatimitra of a neo-Mitra dynasty which came possibly into existence sometime after tlie Kāņvas. K. P. Jayaswal' placed Khāravela's accession in 182 B. C., taking him to be a contemporary of Pushyamitra Sunga (188-151 B. C.). The validity of this view is claimed primarily on the soundness of his identification with 1. John Allan (CCAI, pp. xovi & 150)-Kosambi Coins :- '... closely connected with the preceding in style, types and date are two inscribed coins bearing the names of Sudeva and Brihaspatimitra, which cannot be later than the first half of the 2nd Century B.C. and might be even as early as the 3rd Century B.C. This Brihaspatimitra is a different ruler from the Bţibaspatimitra who iseued struck coins (Nos. 16-25) which are comparatively common. Apart from the striking differences in fabric and type, the epigraphy is quite different and earlier. Compare, for example, the forms of ya, sa, and ta in the two. The epigraphy of the former is still roughly speaking Asokan while that of the latter is Sunga." Dr. A. S. Altekar (JNS, Vol IV, 1942, p. 143) has published a coin of Brihaspatimitra II with the remarks: "...quite clear that it was king Brihaspatimitra whose coins have been restruck." But can we conclude from this that it was Kharavela who restruck the coin after conquering Brihaspatimitra, as is believed to be mentioned in the Hathigumphā inscription ? (Author). 2. John Allan, CCAI, p. cxvii; V. A. Smith, CCIM, Vol. I, 1936, p. 185. 3. P. 433; JBORS, Vol II, 96; Vol. III, p. 430 ; Barua, OBI, p. 273. 4. Raychaudhari, PHAI, p. 401. 5. JBORS, Vol. III, Pt. III-IV, pp. 236-45, Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006922
Book TitleEarly History of Orissa
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorAmarchand Mittal
PublisherJain Cultural Research Society
Publication Year1957
Total Pages506
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size9 MB
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