Śanakanika Maharaja
| Śanakanika Maharaja | |
|---|---|
| Maharaja of the Sanakanika tribe | |
| Reign | (around c. 380 CE- around c. 400 CE ) |
| Predecessor | Maharaja Visnudasa |
| Successor | ? |
| Dynasty | Sanakanika |
| Father | Maharaja Visnudasa |
Śanakanika Maharaja was a feudatory of Chandragupta II or Vikramaditya of the Gupta Dynasty.[1] Śanakanika Maharaja is known from his record on his gift on a Vaishnavism cave temple at Udayagiri, which is dated 82.[2][3][4]
Life[edit]
He hailed from the tribal community of the Sanakanikas, a tribe who possibly held the province of Vidisha.[3][4]
The Sanakanika feudatory chief of Chandragupta II, as well as his father and grandfather, bore the title Maharaja.[3] The Sanakanikas appear to have been subjugated by the powerful Gupta emperor Samudragupta, the father of Chandragupta II. Śanakanika Maharaja's father's name was 'Visnudasa', and his grandfather's name was Chagalaga.
References[edit]
- ^ R. C. Majumdar (1981). A Comprehensive History of India. Vol. 3, Part I: A.D. 300-985. Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 52-54. OCLC 34008529.
- ^ Agrawal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 8120805925. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Rapson, Edward James (2015). Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty - Scholar's Choice Edition (illustrated ed.). Creative Media Partners, LLC. p. 520. ISBN 978-1298395245. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b Radhakumud Mookerji (1997). The Gupta Empire (Paperback). Motilal Banarsidass. p. 38. ISBN 9788120804401.
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