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LATEST ŚĀTAVĀHANAS
499 Sātavāhana princes-Vijaya, Chanda Śri (variant Chandra Sri) and Pulomāvi of the Purāṇas-seem to have ruled in Berar, the Eastern Deccan and the Kanarese country.' The existence of Vijaya seems now to be confirmed by numismatic evidence. 2 Chanda Śri may have been identical with Vāsisthi-putra “Sāmi siri Chamda Sāta” of the Kodavali rock-cut well Inscription discovered near Pithāpuram in the Godāvari region, while Pulomāvi is, in the opinion of Dr. D. C. Sircar, to be identified with the king of the same name mentioned in the Myakadoniinscription of the Bellary District. Coins disclose the existence of a few other kings of the line who must be assigned to the latest Śātavāhana period. Sātavahana rule in the
Mahākshatrapa. His relation to the Abhira king Madhariputra Iśvara Sena, son of Śiva Datta, remains doubtful. But some scholars are inclined to identify the two chiefs. It is also suggested that this dynasty of Isvara Sena is identical with the Traikūtaka line of Aparānta, and that the establishment of the Traikūtaka era in A D. 248 marks the date at which the Abhiras succeeded the Sātavāhanas in the Government of Northern Mahārāshtra and the adjoining region. The last known rulers of the Traikāțaka line were Indradatta, his son Dabrasena (455-56 A. D.), and his son Vyāghrasena (489-90), after whom the kingdom seems to have been conquered by the Vākātaka king Harishena.
1 The Berar (Akola) group includes certain princes, not included in the Purāņic lists, e.g., Śri Kumbha śātakarņi, śri Karņa śātakarņi (unless he its identified with the so-called śvātikarņa, the fourteenth king of Pargiter's list) and Sri Saka Šātakarņi (Mirashi, J. Num. Soc., II, 1940). Mirashi thinks that the real name of the so-called Krishna (11) of the Chanda hoard was Karņa. Among kings of uncertain identity mention may be made of Sri Sivamaka Sāta of the Amaravati inscription and Māthariputra Sri Sāta of Kan heri. .
2 Mirashi, Journal of the Nums. Soc. of India, II (1940), p. 90. The only clear letters are ya Satakani. The ascription to Vijaya must be regarded as tentative.
