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naturally have been a lukewarm ally of Pradyota. Being a 
buffer between Magadha and Avanti he would have welcomed 
the new alliance which Yaugandharayana describes as brought 
about ‘‘for the welfare of the whole of Kaugambi.’’ The 
second marriage followed the first. It however took place when 
Ajatasatru had passed away, and Daréaka was on the throne at 
Rajagriiha. 
In the light of our data from Bhasa the record in the 
Dvipa-Vaméa and the Maha-VaméSa in respect of the succession 
of Udayi or Udayibhadda must be, I think, admitted as in- 
accurate. I propose here an explanation of the error in the Pali 
documents. The name next to Udayibhadda has been trans- 
posed, and hence all the confusion. I read Nagadasaka which 
is placed after Udayibhadda, as Ndga-Daréaka and identify 
the latter with Dargaka; and the Naga I take to be a member 
of the epithet the Saisu-naga.! The reign-period of Darsaka 
(25) is the same as that of Naga Dasaka (24), the difference of 
a year being accountable on the basis of the well-known differ- 
ence of one year which often arises owing to the two different 
reckonings of Hindu chronologists. 
To sum up, there cannot now remain any reasonable doubt 
as to thas historical existence of Dargaka, nor about the spelling 
of his name. Nor could it be said now of him that nothing 
is known of him.?_ Also the fact is clear that we cannot accept 
the Pali authority on the point. 
Be ee 
The view advanced here on the political significance of these mar- 
= i d clear opinion of the Katha- 
iages is supported by the emphatic and ¢ p acne anlage 
Aj&tasatru and Bimbisara. 2 
V. Smith, Early History of India, 1908, p. 44.‘ Daréaka or Har 
Saka, nothing known.”’ 
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