India after Vikramaditya: The Melting Pot

In the author’s previous work, “India after Alexander: The Age of Vikram?dityas”, a new chronology was developed for the period spanning from the invasion of India by Alexander to the death of Emperor Vikram?ditya in 57 BCE. In this volume, the chronological reconstruction of Indian history is continued, beginning with the rise of the S?tav?hanas. The revised dating of the Kush??as is confirmed by the identification of the Kush??a king Vasudeva II with King Basdeo, whose daughter was married to the Sasanian king, Bahram V. The chronology of the Vallabh? kings is calculated by counting their dates from the ?aka Era instead of the Vallabh? Era. The new chronology validates the numerous Rajput genealogies describing the celebrated Bappa Rawal as a descendant of ?il?ditya VII in the eighth generation. Current historians place ?il?ditya VII chronologically after Bappa Rawal. The chronology of the Gurjara kings is fixed by counting their dates from the ?aka Era instead of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era. For the first time, the histories of Persia, Vallabh?, the Gurjaras, the Later Guptas, the Pushyabh?tis, the Maukharis, the H??as and the Turks are critically analyzed to reconstruct the epic Battle of Kor?r, which is currently deleted from the pages of history.