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<span style='color:blue'>The Kalakcharya- kathnaka states that their kings were known as
`Sahi'. Some of these `Sahis' were said to have been induced by a Jain
teacher to proceed to Suratta( Surastra) Vishaya ( Country) and Ujjain
in the HINDUKADESHA ( India) where they overthrew some local chiefs,
and ruled for four years until they were themselves ousted in 58 BC."
Source: Political History of India" Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, 1996
Oxford University press, New Delhi. ISBN 0 19 5643763
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What this means is that the concept of a Hindu state was in vogue even in 58BC
This geographic and cultural state was legitimate entity by 58BC
<span style='color:blue'>The Kalakcharya- kathnaka states that their kings were known as
`Sahi'. Some of these `Sahis' were said to have been induced by a Jain
teacher to proceed to Suratta( Surastra) Vishaya ( Country) and Ujjain
in the HINDUKADESHA ( India) where they overthrew some local chiefs,
and ruled for four years until they were themselves ousted in 58 BC."
Source: Political History of India" Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, 1996
Oxford University press, New Delhi. ISBN 0 19 5643763
</span>
What this means is that the concept of a Hindu state was in vogue even in 58BC
This geographic and cultural state was legitimate entity by 58BC