The Vakataka–Gupta Age (circa 200–550 A.D.) c8.s3.3
The Vākāṭaka–Gupta Age (circa 200–550 A.D.) c8.s3.3
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The conquest of some Indian provinces of the Kushāṇa empire was attempted and accomplished by the Sassanian emperor Varahran II. This ruler succeeded in annexing Afghanistan, North-Western Frontier Province, Seistan and Sindh to the Sassanian empire by *c.* 284 A.D. Varahran II now transferred the crown prince Varahran III to Seistan as its Governor with the privilege of issuing coins with the title *Sakān Shāh*, the king of the Sakas. We can understand the significance of this title of the crown-prince when we remember that Saka chiefs were in power in Sindh and Seistan for about two hundred years. The Punjab was not conquered by the Sassanians; their coins are but rarely found in that province.