History of the Iron Pillar

2011 ◽  
pp. 6-28
Author(s):  
R. Balasubramaniam
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Iron Pillar

scholarly journals Art. I.—The Iron Pillar of Delhi (Mihraulī) and the Emperor Candra (Chandra)

1897 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Ancient History ◽  
Indian History ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Active Service ◽  
History Of ◽  
Iron Pillar

The project of writing the “Ancient History of Northern India from the Monuments” has long occupied my thoughts, but the duties of my office do not permit me, so long as I remain in active service, to devote the time and attention necessary for the execution and completion of so arduous an undertaking. There is, indeed, little prospect that my project will ever be fully carried into effect by me. Be that as it may, I have made some small progress in the collection of materials, and have been compelled from time to time to make detailed preparatory studies of special subjects. I propose to publish these studies occasionally under the general title of “Prolegomena to Ancient Indian History.” The essay now presented as No. I of the series is that which happens to be the first ready. It grew out of a footnote to the draft of a chapter on the history of Candra Gupta II.

scholarly journals Art. XXIX.—The Conquests of Samudra Gupta

1897 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-910
Author(s):  
Vincent A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Form ◽  
Indian History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Iron Pillar ◽  
Technical Discussion

The following dissertation is the second in my series of “Prolegomena to Ancient Indian History,” of which the first was the essay entitled “The Iron Pillar of Delhi (Mihraulī) and the Emperor Candra (Chandra)” published in this Journal in January, 1897. The article entitled “Samudra Gupta,” published, in the same number of the Journal, gives in narrative form the history of the Emperor Samudra Gupta. The present paper is devoted to the detailed technical discussion of the authorities for the statements of that narrative. I may perhaps be pardoned for inviting attention to the proposed identification of King Acyuta; the justification of the reading Mahendragiri as a king's name; the probable identification of the kings Viṣṇugōpa and Hastivarman; the certain identification of the kingdom of Pālakka; the suggested identifications of the kingdoms of Devarāṣṭra and Kustbalapura; the probable identification of King Candravarman; the location of the Ābhīra tribe; and the attempted identification and differentiation of the Ṣāhi, Ṣāhānuṣāhi, and Daivaputra kings.

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