It is said about the Maukharis origin, that the Maukharis were among the Ganga Valley republics of pre-Gupta age. There were many Maukharis in ancient India who ruled in different parts. One of his branches ruled in southern Bihar and the other in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab (capital Kannauj).
After the fall of the Kushans, both these branches declared their independence. But the imperialist policy of the Guptas again pushed them into balance. The absence of references to the mukharis in the Puranas and early Gupta writings is indicative that they had no political significance.
Kaningham has received a seal from Gaya, On which Maukhlinam is inscribed in the Mauryan Brahmi script. This not only proves their antiquity, but it is also informed, that the same courtesans from the Lichchhavi castes also had their own autonomous republic in the beginning. Later this system was changed and in the later Guptas we find them organized as monarchies.
The use of oral and vocal words is found in oral writings and literary texts.
Sources of information of the Maukhari dynasty
In Harshacharit, he has been called Mukhravansh and Kadambari as Maukharivansh. In equal cavity record Anantavarma calls his famiy Maukharinaam kulam. The Haraha article refers to the Maukhari kings as Mukhara Kshitishah. Kayyat, Vaman and Jayaaditya have elaborated on the origin of the word Moukhari. That it is in fact a paternal term. It is clear that he was a child of the primitive man named Mukher, so he was called Maukhari. In his writings he has been called Suryavanshi Kshatriya. The Haraha article states that Maukhari was one of the hundred sons of Ashwapati born of the boon of Devaswat.
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