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    Nahapana (Ancient Greek: Ναηαπάνα Nahapána; Kharosthi: 𐨣𐨱𐨤𐨣 Na-ha-pa-na, Nahapana; Brahmi: Na-ha-pā-na, Nahapāna;), was an important ruler of the Western...
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  • by Bhumaka, father of Nahapana, who only used on his coins the title of Satrap, and not that of Raja or Raño (king). Nahapana's rule is variously dated...
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    the possession of Nahapana's son-in-law Rishabhadatta (also known as Ushavadata), who had donated it to the monks. A hoard of Nahapana's coins, discovered...
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    roughly similar to those of the early cave No10 built by the viceroy of Nahapana circa 120 CE. Inside, 18 monk cells are laid out according to a square...
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    Satraps ruler Nahapana was placed next to the central gate, reporting the dedication of a village to the monks of the Karla chaitya by Nahapana's son-in-law...
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    by the inscriptions of his governor and son-in-law, Rishabhadatta. Nahapana Nahapana held sway over Malwa, Southern Gujarat, and Northern Konkan, from...
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  • Satakarni marries Vasishti Devi, and they have a son named Pulumavi. Nahapana, the critical ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, is a powerful and villainous...
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    by him appears to have been the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana, as suggested by Nahapana's coins overstuck with names and titles of Gautamiputra. The...
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    the Nasik Caves by Ushavadata, a son-in-law of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana, in the years circa 120 CE. It is the earliest known instance of the usage...
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    king Nahapana, the [Kshahara]ta Kshatrapa...." — Inscription No.14a of Nahapana, Cave No.10, Nasik He believed in Brahmanism, and married Nahapana's daughter...
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    2017, he acted in the Telugu historical movie Gautamiputra Satakarni, as Nahapana, an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas. Bedi has appeared on American...
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  • ⟨þ⟩ for the sh sound [ʃ]. Derived from Indo-Greek coinage, the coins of Nahapana and Chastana of the Western Satraps featured an Indo-Aryan language legend...
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  • the ancient rites known as the Eleusinian Mysteries. In northern India, Nahapana, ruler of the Scythians, is defeated and dies in battle while fighting...
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    victories, Rudradāman regained all the former territories previously held by Nahapana, except for the southern territory of Poona and Nasik. The indigenous Nagas...
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    the Indian harbour of Barygaza is described extensively in the Periplus. Nahapana, ruler of the Indo-Scythian Western Satraps is mentioned under the name...
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    historical candidates have included rulers such as Vima Kadphises, Vonones, and Nahapana. According to historian Dineshchandra Sircar, the historically inaccurate...
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    Coin of "Western Satrap" Nahapana, c. 120 CE...
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    of the caves in Manmodi has an epigraph mentioning the Western Satrap Nahapana bearing the title of Mahakshatrapa (Great Satrap). The Manmodi hill lies...
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    capital Pratishthana. and Nashik was ruled by a Saka Nahapana in the 1st century CE. Nahapana's son in law, Ushadevata, described his charitable contributions...
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    however, the region fell to the Scythian Western Satraps, possibly under Nahapana (120 CE), and then certainly under Rudradaman I (130-150 CE), as shown...
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    ruler of the early 1st century CE. He was the father of the great ruler Nahapana, according to one of the latter's coins. He was preceded by Abhiraka (Aubhirakes)...
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  • funeral oration, and grants her a temple in Rome. Reign in Northern India by Nahapana, Scythian king. He attacks the kingdom of Andhra and annexes Southern Rajputana...
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    Minister Ayama in the name of his ruler Nahapana, Manmodi Caves, c. 100 CE. Nasik Cave inscription No.10. of Nahapana, Cave No.10. Late Brahmi vowel diacritics...
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    century AD, kings of Shaka community established their rule in Gujarat. Nahapana, the king of Bharutakutchha was very prosperous. During the Kshatrapa era...
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  • Kadphises It has also been discovered that Sasan overstruck the coins of Nahapana of the Western Satraps, this line of coinage dating between 40 and 78 CE...
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    Some Greek nuclei may have continued to survive until the 2nd century AD. Nahapana had at his court a Greek writer named Yavanesvara ("Lord of the Greeks")...
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    the Satavahana Empire, and the victories of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana. The Satavahana Empire would later revive under the rule of Gautamiputra...
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  • Trade with Barigaza, under the control of the Indo-Scythian Western Satrap Nahapana ("Nambanus"), was especially flourishing: There are imported into this...
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    Cave at Karle, Epigraphia Indica, Vol 7, 1902–03, pp. 57–58 (for more on Nahapana, pp. 58–61) Sopher, David E. (1968). "Pilgrim Circulation in Gujarat"....
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    short-lived dynasty, the Kshaharatas ("Satraps"), included Bhumaka and Nahapana. The coinage of Chastana combines a corrupted Greek legend on the obverse...
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