Silver coin of a "King Vrishni" (of the Audumbaras according to Cunningham).[1][2] Obv Pillar with half-lion and half-elephant, surmounted by a Triratna symbol and surrounded by Buddhist railing. Brahmi legend Vṛishṇi Raja jnâgaṇyasya blubharasya Rev Large Dharmachakra symbol. Kharosthi legend Vrishni Raja jnâganyasya blubharasya.[1]
South Asia 150 BCE
SATAVAHANAS
MAHAMEGHA- VAHANAS
SAMATATAS
AUDUMBARAS
YAUDHEYAS
PAURAVAS
VRISHNIS
KUNINDAS
INDO- GREEKS
GRECO- BACTRIANS
MITRAS
ARJUNAYANAS
MALAVAS
SHUNGAS
PANDYAS
CHOLAS
CHERAS
LOULAN
HAN DYNASTY
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Location on the Vrishnis and contemporary South Asian polities circa 150 CE.[3]
Location of the Vrishni among other groups: the Audumbaras, the Kunindas, the Vemakas, the Yaudheyas, the Pauravas and the Arjunayanas.
Capital
Prakritanak Nagar
Government
Republic
History
• Established
5th century BCE
• Disestablished
4th century CE
Succeeded by
Gupta Empire
The Vrishnis (Sanskrit: वृष्णि, IAST: Vṛṣṇi) were an ancient Vedic Indian clan who were believed to be the descendants of Vrishni. It is believed that Vrishni was the son of Satvata, a descendant of Yadu, the son of Yayati. He had two wives, Gandhari and Madri, not to be confused with Gandhari and Madri from the Mahabharata. He has a son named Devamidhusha by his wife Madri. Vasudeva, the father of Krishna was the grandson of Devamidhusha.[4] According to the Puranas, the Vrishnis were residents of Dvaraka.
^ abAlexander Cunningham's Coins of Ancient India: From the Earliest Times Down to the Seventh Century (1891) p.70 [1]
^Ph.D, Lavanya Vemsani (2016). Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names. ABC-CLIO. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-61069-211-3.
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 145, map XIV.1 (d). ISBN 0226742210.
^Pargiter F.E. (1922, reprint 1972). Ancient Indian Historical Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp.103-7
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