Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c13.35

c13.35

Thus then, the Andhrabhṛityas or Sâtavâhanas ruled over the Dekkan from B C 73 to about A D 218, *i c*, for about three centuries For some time, how-ever, they were dispossessed of the country by foreigners who belonged to the Śaka tribe How long these were in power it is difficult to determine If the Śaka era was established by the foreign conqueror after his subjugation of the country, and if his Satrap Nahapâna or his successor was overthrown by Gotamîputra or Puḷumâyi, six or seven years after Nahapâna's latest date, *viz* 46, the foreigners held possession of this country only for about fifty-three years