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0. R. Wilson— Name of an Andhra King. 
[No. 3, 
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Proposed identification of the name of an Andhra King in the Periplus.—By 
C. R. Wilson, Esq., M.A. 
[Read June, 1904.] 
In an article by M. Boyer in the Journal Asiatique , for Juillet-Aout, 
1897, the arguments are well set forth which show that the anonymous 
author of the Periplus wrote his work about 90 A.D. M. Boyer also 
argues well that the name of the king mentioned in section 41, which 
is usually read as Mambanos, should be corrected to Nambanos, and 
identifies Nambanos with Nahapana, the great Ksaharata satrap. In 
this note I venture to suggest a further identification. In section 52 
of the Periplus it is stated that Kalliena, or Kalyan, was raised to the 
rank of a regular mart in the times of the elder Saraganes, but that 
after Sandanes became its master its trade was put under the severest 
restrictions. I think it can hardly be doubted that the reference is 
here to the Andhra dynasty, and that the name Saraganes must be identi¬ 
fied with the well-known title S'ri Satakarni, or Svatikarna. Which of 
the earlier kings bearing the title S'ri Satakarni is referred to as the 
elder Saraganes must be a matter of doubt, but I think there should be 
no doubt about Sandanes, who by implication is the younger Saraganes. 
Sandanes is obviously meant for Sundara Satakarni, or Svatikarna, and 
the name Sandanes may be unhesitatingly corrected to Sandares. The 
Brahmanda and the Mafcsya Puranas agree in stating that Sundara 
Satakarni reigned one year; the Vayu Purana gives him three years 
The Visnu Purana gives the names of the kings but not the years 
of their reigns. After Sundara Satakarni the Visnu Purana places 
Cakora Satakarni. The other Puranas seem to agree, and this Sata¬ 
karni is given a reign of six months. After Cakora Satakarni comes 
S'ivasvati who reigned twenty-eight years. After S'ivasvati comes 
Gautamiputra whose initial date has been determined as 113 A.D. 
approximately. As the Puranas practically agree in placing Sundara 
Satakarni 29 years and 6 months before Gautamiputra, the year of his 
reign falls in the years 83-84 AD. The Periplus makes no mention of 
