Ancient History of the Deccan c3.s4.12

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Who succeeded Nahapâna or the Nahapânas? It is probable that about the year 20 A. D., Gondopharnes, king of the Panjâb, became master of a great empire that extended all over the west of India; he conquered Arachosia, Sind and the country near the mouth of the Indus; the successors of Nahapâna were probably simple governors of provinces. On the death of Gondophares this empire was parcelled out into petty principalities. The Panjâb fell into the hands of his nephew Abdagases; Arachosia and Sind passed under the rule of Orthagnes who was followed by Pakorès [concerning Orthagnes, see Gardner, page 109, Pl. XXIII, 9; concerning Pacores, see gardner, page 110, Pl. XXIII, 8]