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Time-Decision.
195 It has been clearly stated that Simhanandi came after Samantabhadra. Thus, this Simhanandi was contemporary to the first king of the Ganga dynasty, 'Kongunivarma', and this fact has already been made clear. There is much mention in many inscriptions of what help Simhanandi provided in the establishment of the Ganga kingdom, which does not seem necessary to quote here. Here, we only consider it appropriate to reveal that the time of Kongunivarma is considered to be the second century AD. One of his inscriptions has been obtained from the 'Nanjangud' taluk of Saka Samvat 25, which shows that Kongunivarma ascended the throne in Vikram Samvat 160 (AD 103). This time should be approximately the time of Simhanandi,
and therefore it should be said that Samantabhadra came before Vikram Samvat 160; but how much earlier, is not revealed. Nevertheless, assuming the former, it can be assumed that Samantabhadra was at least 30 years earlier; because in the 35th inscription, there is also mention of three acharyas named Aryadeva, Vardatta and Shivkoti before Simhanandi, for whom assuming 10-10 years is not too much. From this, Samantabhadra appears to be a scholar of the first half of the second century Vikram. And this time coincides with the time
1 The number of this inscription is 110 and the beginning is as follows
"Svasti Srimatkongunivarmadharmahaadhiraj Prathama Gangasya Dattam Shakavarshagateshu Panchvimshati 25 Ney Shubhakritu Samvatsarasu Phalguna Shuddha Panchami Shani Rohani......।'
-Epi. Karna., Vol. 3, 1894