Prelims · 1 Ancient & Medieval India · 1.3.2 Post-Mauryan period

1.3.2.3 Sakas and Parthians: Rudradaman and the Junagadh inscription

Central Asian Sakas and the Parthians (Pahlavas) came into north-west and western India after the Greeks; the most notable ruler was the Saka Western Kshatrapa Rudradaman I, whose Junagadh inscription is the earliest long inscription in classical Sanskrit.

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  • Sakas
  • Scythians
  • Maues
  • Azes
  • Parthians
  • Gondophernes
  • Western Kshatrapas
  • Nahapana
  • Rudradaman
  • Junagadh inscription
  • Sudarshana lake
  • Chashtana

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