Nagas of Padmavati
      
| Nagas of Padmavati | 
| नाग | 
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| Capital | Padmavati Pawaya | 
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| Languages | Sanskrit Prakrit
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| Religion | Hinduism | 
| Government | Monarchy | 
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  | • | 210-231 CE | Bhima Naga | 
| • | 231-245 CE | Skanda  Naga | 
| • | 245-260 CE | Vasu  Naga | 
| • | 260-275 CE | Brihaspati  Naga | 
| • | 275-290 CE | Ravi  Naga | 
| • | 290-305 CE | Prabhakara Naga | 
| • | 305-320 CE | Bhava Naga | 
| • | 320-335 CE | Deva  Naga | 
| • | 335-340 CE | Ganapati  Naga | 
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| • | Earliest Naga coins | 210 | 
| • | Established | 210 | 
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| • | Disestablished | 340 | 
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Naga Dynasty (or Nagas of Padmavati) (Hindi: नाग) (210 – 340 CE) was an ancient royal family of Central India that ruled Vidisha, Padmavati, Kantipur and Mathura.[1]
History
The Naga kings are best known for their coins.[2] Several thousands of them have been found.[3]
Bhava Naga is mentioned in a Vakataka inscription which states that Rudrasena I was a daughter’s son of Bharasiva Naga family.[4] Ganapati Naga is mentioned in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta.[5]  Nagasena is mentioned as the ruler of Padmavati in Harshacharita of Bāṇabhaṭṭa.[6]
 Naga coins  
Main article: 
Narwar coinageSee also
References
- ↑  Vakataka Gupta age: circa 200-550, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Anant Sadashiv Altekar 1986, Page 36
- ↑  H V Trivedi: Catalogue of the Coins of the Naga Kings of Padmavati, published by The Department of Archaeology & Museums, Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, 1957
- ↑  Indian Numismatic Studies, K. D. Bajpai, 2004, Page 16
- ↑  Vakataka gupta age: circa 200-550, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Anant Sadashiv Altekar, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Feb 1, 1986
- ↑  History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D. By Radhey Shyam Chaurasia, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, Jan 1, 2002, p. 159
- ↑  Rise And Fall Of The Imperial Guptas By Ashvini Agrawal, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Jan 1, 1989, p. 54
 
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| References and sources for table  
References 
↑  Samuel↑  Samuel↑  Michaels (2004) p.39↑  Hiltebeitel (2002)↑  Michaels (2004) p.39↑  Hiltebeitel (2002)↑  Micheals (2004) p.40↑  Michaels (2004) p.41
 Sources 
 Flood, Gavin D. (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press  Hiltebeitel, Alf (2002), Hinduism. In: Joseph Kitagawa, "The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture", Routledge  Michaels, Axel (2004), Hinduism. Past and present, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press  Samuel, Geoffrey (2010), The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press 
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