Ashok Chakra(Dharmachakra) on Western Satrapas rulers coinage.About International trade of western Satrapas.महाक्षत्रप नहपान का विश्व के व्यापार में योगदान(Contribution of Mahakshatrap Nahapana in worlds trade)
Ashok Chakra(Dharmachakra) on Western Satrapas rulers coinage.About International trade of western Satrapas.महाक्षत्रप नहपान का विश्व के व्यापार में योगदान(Contribution of Mahakshatrap Nahapana in worlds trade)
The Western Satraps are thought to have started with Kshaharata dynasty (also called Chaharada, Khaharata or Khakharata depending on source in Prakit Language). The Nasik inscription of the 19th year of Sri Pulamavi also mentions the Khakharatavasa, or Kshaharata race.
The earliest Kshaharata for whom there is evidence is Abhiraka, whose rare coins are known. He was succeeded by Bhumaka, father of Nahapana, who only used on his coins the title of Satrap, and not that of Raja or Raño (king). Bhumaka was the father of the great ruler Nahapana, according to one of the latter's coins. His coins bear Buddhist symbols, such as the eight-spoked wheel (dharmachakra), or the lion seated on a capital, a representation of a pillar of Ashoka.
Nahapana succeeded to him, and became a very powerful ruler. He occupied portions of the Satavahana empire in western and central India. Nahapana held sway over Malwa, Southern Gujarat, and Northern Konkan, from Broach to Sopara and the Nasik and Poona districts.His son-in-law, the Saka Ushavadata (married to his daughter Dakshamitra), is known from inscriptions in Nasik and Karle to have been viceroy of Nahapana, ruling over the southern part of his territory.
Nahapana is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea under the name Nambanus, as ruler of the area around Barigaza(Baruch,Gujrath):
. "Beyond the gulf of Baraca(Gulf of Kachha) is that of Barygaza(Bharuch) and the coast of the country of Ariaca(Konkan), which is the beginning of the Kingdom of Nambanus(Nahpana) and of all India. That part of it lying inland and adjoining Scythia is called Abiria(Sindh Prant), but the coast is called Syrastrene. It is a fertile country, yielding wheat and rice and sesame oil and clarified butter, cotton and the Indian cloths made therefrom, of the coarser sorts. Very many cattle are pastured there, and the men are of great stature and black in color. The metropolis of this country is Minnagara(Karachi), from which much cotton cloth is brought down to Barygaza."
—Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap. 41
Under the Western Satraps, Barigaza(Bharuch) was one of the main centers of Roman trade with India. The Periplus describes the many goods exchanged:
Nahapana also established the silver coinage of the Kshatrapas.
Nahapana and and his son in law Ushavadata were ultimately defeated by the powerful Satavahana king Gautamiputra Satakarni. Gautramiputra drove the Sakas from Malwa and Western Maharashtra, forcing Nahapana west to Gujarat. Gautamiputra restruck many of Nahapana's coins.
Before 2500 yeras.
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The Western Satraps are thought to have started with Kshaharata dynasty (also called Chaharada, Khaharata or Khakharata depending on source in Prakit Language). The Nasik inscription of the 19th year of Sri Pulamavi also mentions the Khakharatavasa, or Kshaharata race.
The earliest Kshaharata for whom there is evidence is Abhiraka, whose rare coins are known. He was succeeded by Bhumaka, father of Nahapana, who only used on his coins the title of Satrap, and not that of Raja or Raño (king). Bhumaka was the father of the great ruler Nahapana, according to one of the latter's coins. His coins bear Buddhist symbols, such as the eight-spoked wheel (dharmachakra), or the lion seated on a capital, a representation of a pillar of Ashoka.
Nahapana succeeded to him, and became a very powerful ruler. He occupied portions of the Satavahana empire in western and central India. Nahapana held sway over Malwa, Southern Gujarat, and Northern Konkan, from Broach to Sopara and the Nasik and Poona districts.His son-in-law, the Saka Ushavadata (married to his daughter Dakshamitra), is known from inscriptions in Nasik and Karle to have been viceroy of Nahapana, ruling over the southern part of his territory.
Nahapana is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea under the name Nambanus, as ruler of the area around Barigaza(Baruch,Gujrath):
. "Beyond the gulf of Baraca(Gulf of Kachha) is that of Barygaza(Bharuch) and the coast of the country of Ariaca(Konkan), which is the beginning of the Kingdom of Nambanus(Nahpana) and of all India. That part of it lying inland and adjoining Scythia is called Abiria(Sindh Prant), but the coast is called Syrastrene. It is a fertile country, yielding wheat and rice and sesame oil and clarified butter, cotton and the Indian cloths made therefrom, of the coarser sorts. Very many cattle are pastured there, and the men are of great stature and black in color. The metropolis of this country is Minnagara(Karachi), from which much cotton cloth is brought down to Barygaza."
—Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Chap. 41
Under the Western Satraps, Barigaza(Bharuch) was one of the main centers of Roman trade with India. The Periplus describes the many goods exchanged:
Nahapana also established the silver coinage of the Kshatrapas.
Nahapana and and his son in law Ushavadata were ultimately defeated by the powerful Satavahana king Gautamiputra Satakarni. Gautramiputra drove the Sakas from Malwa and Western Maharashtra, forcing Nahapana west to Gujarat. Gautamiputra restruck many of Nahapana's coins.
Before 2500 yeras.
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