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original, is different in many respects from that of previous authors. It has not been possible to accept the current views with regard to the lineage of Pushyamitra and the history and chronology of several dynasties, notably of the Early Satavahanas, the Greeks of Sakala, and the Saka-Pallavas of the Uttarapatha or North-West India. As early as 1923 the writer of these pages assigned to the Nāgas of the Jumna valley and Eastern Malwa and the the Bhārasivas their proper place in the history of the post-Kushan period, a fact which has been ignored in some recent publications.
In the account of the Gupta period use has been made of the mass of fresh materials accumulated since the publication of the works of Bühler, Fleet, Smith and Allan. The notices of the most famous ruling family of the age in early epigraphs and literature, which are sometimes overlooked, have received due attention, its relations with southern dynasties like the Vakaṭakas have been discussed, and an attempt has been made to present a connected history of the so-called 'Later Guptas.'1
1 The Chapter on the so-called Later Guptas was published in the JASB., 1920 (No. 19, pp. 313 ff).
