History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c22.25
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c22.25
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The second group of ‘all sorts of Satraps’ is taken by Prof. Herzfeld to be an Indian group. He identifies them (‘twelve’) as Indo-Scythians. He is mostly influenced by V. Smith’s view that Kathiawād and the territories upwards were under the Śakas up to the reign of Chandra Gupta II. He also identifies the lord of Avanti as a Śaka Satrap. When Prof. Herzfeld counts 12 Śaka Satraps, he evidently includes in them the lord of Avanti and the king of the Ābhīras, for the ‘Satraps of all kind’ text has only 10 rulers. The view that the group of the Satraps is all Indian is not accurate; nor can the Ābhīra king come under the Indo-Scythian class. But a few of them are certainly Indian.