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TULSI-PRAJÑA, Oct.-Dec., 1992 years passed since the birth of Pariksit to the coronation of Mahapadma :
यावत्परीक्षितो जन्म यावन्नन्दाभिषेचनम् ।
एतत्वर्षसहस्रन्तु ज्ञेयं पञ्चशतोत्तरम् ।। And 836 years passed from the coronation of Mahapadma to the end of the Andhras :
अन्तरं तच्छतान्यष्टौ षड्त्रिंशत्तु समास्तथा ।
तावत्कालान्तरं भाव्यमन्ध्रान्ताद्यः प्रकीर्तितः ।।45 Now Parikșit was born in 3137 B. C. The rule of the Andhras came to an end 1500+836=2336 years later in 801 B. C, Xandrames and Sandrocottus belong to a period much later. In order to remove the difficulty the word 'andhrānta' is taken to mean the Andhras stand at the end of which' and the rule of the Andhras is supposed to have begun in 801 B. C. Even then the Andhra rule must have come to an end in 341 B. C. as none of the Putānas assigns more than 460 years to the Andhras That too is a date prior to that of Sandrocottus who came to power after departure and death of Alexander. PALBOTHRUS, the surname of Sandrocottus cannot be equated with 'gupta' or 'āditya' the title of the Guptas. Testimony of the Political Tradition
There is something in the accounts which may prove helpful in identifying Sandrocottus. That is as follows:
(1) From the time of Dionysus to Sandracottus, the Indians counted 153 kings and a period of 6042 years, but among these a republic was thrice established and another to 300 years, and another to 120 years. The Indians also tell us that Dionysus was earlier than Heracles by fifteen generations--Arrian.
(2) Their kings from Father Bacchus down to Alexander the Great are reckoned at 153 over a space of 6451 years and three months-PLINY.
(3) Father Bacchus was the first who invaded India..... From him to Alexander the great 6451 years are reckoned with three months additional the calculation being made by counting the kings who reigned in the intermediate period to the number of 153–SOLINUS.46
Generally this tradition is believed to refer to Magadta. Were that true, we should have to admit that there were 153 kings there during 6778 B. C. to 327 B C. Now 2810 years passed since the birth of Parīkşit to Alexander's invasion. The number of the king
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