Book Title: Political History Of Ancient India
Author(s): Hemchandra Raychaudhari
Publisher: University of Calcutta

Previous | Next

Page 573
________________ 544 POLITICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT INDIA of the Gupta Empire from A.D. 443 to A.D. 543, and was governed by a line of Uparikas as vassals of the Gupta Emperor. The identification of Davāka with certain districts of North Bengal is, therefore, probably wrong. The Northern Pratyantas were Nepal and Kartripura. The latter principality comprised probably Katarpur in the Jālandhar district, and the territory of the Katuria or Katyur rāj of Kumaun, Garhwal and Rohilkhand. The tribal states which paid homage were situated on the western and south-western fringe of Āryāvarta proper. Among these the most important were the Mālavas, Arjunāyanas, Yaudheyas, Madrakas, Ābhiras, Prārjunas, Sanakānikas, Kākas and Kharaparikas. The Mālavas occupied part of the Pañjāb in the time of Alexander. They were probably in Eastern Rājaputāna 2 when they came into conflict with Ushavadāta. Their exact location in the time of Samudra Gupta cannot be determined. In the time of Samudra Gupta's successors they were probably connected with the Mandasor region. We find princes of Mandasor using the reckoning, commencing B.C. 58, handed down traditionally by the Mālava-gara ( Mālava-ganūmnāta ). . The Ārjunāyanas and the Yandheyas are placed in the northern division of India by the anthor of the BrihatSamhitā. They may have been connected with the Pandoonoi or Pāndava tribe mentioned by Ptolemy as settled in the Pañjāb. The connection of the Arjunāyanas 1 EHI4, 302 n; JRAS, 1898, 198. Ep. Ind. XIII. 114 ; cf. J. U. P. Hist. Soc, July-Dec, 1945 p.p. 217 ff, where Mr. Powell-Price suggests 'some sort of connection between the Kuņindas and the Katyurs.' 2 Cf. Smith, Catalogue, 161. Allan, CCAI, p. cv. Málava coins have been found in vast numbers in the Jaipur State (JRAS, 1897, 883): 3 Ind. Ant., XIII, 331, 349.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714