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SUDARSHAN KUMAR SHARMA
S. Chattopadhyaya and H. C. Raychaudhari" and R. K. Mookarji" refer to "Śruta" coins resembling the Kota coins, belonging to a ruler of śravasti attributed as such proving thereby the rule of Kota Kulajas in śrāvasti the region of Gangetic valley. Dr. R. K. Mookarji on the evidence of Kaumudi Mahotsava drama calls Kota Kulaja as Magadha kulaja and takes Nägasena as King of Mathura as brother-in-law of Kalyana Varma being son of Kirttisena of Mathura, the fatherin-law of Kalyāna Varma son of Candasena.. Kirttsena was the king of Mathura but the evidence of drama does not purport forth sober history.
SAMBODHI
S. Krishna Swamis Aiyangar refers to śloka 7 of API taking puspa as Pāṭaliputra which he overthrew and defeated two enemies, named Acyuta and Nāgasena and captured the third., a descendant of kota kula, the three having. attacked in a combination Dr. Budh Prakash" says regarding the Kota Kulaja taken as kota Kulaja as under. At the same time when Samudragupta dealt a smashing blow at Kauśāmbi on Naga Chiefs Nägasena, Acyuta nandin and Gaṇapatināga, a revolt flared up at the capital Pätaliputra and the princes disgruntled by the selection" of Samudragupta for the throne by Chandragupta I in violation and Super-session of their claims, set up a usurper of the Kota (Kota) family. Thus caught between the two dangers of internal revolt and external invasion, the gallant Gupta monarch performed the Herculean feat of strangling the two serpents with his two hands and quelled the rebels of Pațaliputra by getting the usurper arrested, on the other. In his sahityaratna Kosa, Abhilekha sañgrahah Dr. Bahadur chand Chabra has taken the reading "ehityupaguhya" as the correct reading for "Aryohityupaguhya" referring to the selection of Samudragupta as the successor by Chandragupta 139
Now "Śruta" coins resembling the Kota coins, attributed to a ruler of śrǎvasti" can afford a cue to identifying the issuer of śruta coins as "Śruta Varma" of Bāna, the Kota Kulaja whose śrī or royal sovereignty got bedoomed by the divulgence of the secret overture heard by the ministers or spies of Samudragupta. Śrāvasti according to MMPV Kane was a famous city in the Ancient Kingdom of Ayodhya north of the Ganges identified with the ruins of Sahet Mahet, lying on the borders of Gaudha and Bahraich distriots of oudh or Avadha in the Uttar Pradeśa being at a distance of 26 miles from Bahraich, the capital of Uttar Kośala 10 miles from Balramapura, 56 miles north of Ayodhya and 720 miles from Rajgir".
Jain Education International
API line 14 clearly refers to the capture of Kota Kulaja with the help of armies while sporting in Puspapura identified as Pātaliputra by NL Dey11 Dandi42, BC law" Sudhakara Chattopadhyāya", R. K. Mookarjis, H. C. Raychandan R. C.
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