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... the Vanga countries and the regions annexed by Samudragupta. He writes: "Vanga denotes Eastern Bengal, nearly the same country as Samatata which is included in the tributary states of Samudragupta." And by imagining either a revolt there or else a desire by the new king to fix more firmly his sovereignty he explains why, if Chandra was Chandragupta II, the latter had once more to fight Vanga. Can... 2. Op. cit. , p. 69. 3.Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 277. n.5. Page 526 phrases: 1 "Conquest of the Vanga countries (Vangeshu) by his battling alone against a confederacy of enemies united against him (Śatrun-sametyagatān)." Vanga is central Bengal: its conquest takes us to eastern India. According to our reading of Justin's passage on Sandrocottus's military deeds... Balkh, is forced to translate the sentence thus: "he defeated a conspiracy of hostile chiefs in Vanga and, having crossed in warfare the seven mouths of the Sindhu, conquered the Vāhlīkas." First of all, a particular incident or a specific complex of circumstances is mentioned in regard to Vanga: there is no generality as one may expect if a mere eastern limit were intended. Secondly, the crossing ...

... it. Again, the confusion of Vangāh with Gāngā is possible but hardly probable: from ancient times the country of the Vangas was known as Vanga and the mere occurrence of a city-name "Gange" is not likely to make foreigners mistakenly say "Gāngā" for "Vanga" in regard to the land and its people. Artemidorus's Gange above Palibothra or to the north- 1. Op. cit., p. Page 171 ... 185 note and 188.).' " "Tri-Kalinga" is only mediaeval and not early: Cunningham has no real justification in supposing it to be an ancient term. But we may bear in mind the people named Vanga who are mentioned in Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa (Canto IV) and put in the Ganges-delta. Scholars like D.C. Sircar 4 identify them with the Gangaridai of the Classical accounts. More accurately, we should... ,, And he continues apropos of the historical fact that the Vangas inhabited the Ganges-delta: "After the name of the capital the country was also often called Gāngā... The Greek name of the Vanga people seems to be the result of a confusion the foreigners made between the sounds of the two names Vangāh and Gāngā." Yes, Sircar's argument proceeds on a basis that has no solidity and ...

... (Kubera), 581 Vaivasvata, 68, 69, 70, 91, 93, 95 Vākātakas, 489 Valabha Era, 18, 26, 27 Valabhi kings, 26, 485, 489 Vāmana, 405-06 Vāmanajayaditya, 248 Vamsa Brāhmana, 309 Vanga, 527, 528, 529, 536, 537 Vangara, 191 Vawgāh/Vangas, 165, 171 Varāhamihira (see also: Brihatsamhita, Panchasiddhāntikā), 17, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 227, 464, 479 ...