The Vakataka–Gupta Age (circa 200–550 A.D.) c8.s3.4
The Vākāṭaka–Gupta Age (circa 200–550 A.D.) c8.s3.4
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Afghanistan and the Indus valley continued to be under the Sassanian rule for about 80 years down to *c.* 360 A.D. There were frequent wars of succession during this period and therefore it was at one time thought that the Sassanian rule in the Indus valley must have been very short-lived. Inscriptions recently discovered at Persepolis show, however, that even in 310-1, A.D., when the reigning Sassanian emperor Shapur II was only a baby, his elder brother continued to rule in Seistan enjoying the titles, King of Sakastān, Minister of ministers of Sindh, Sakastān and Tukhāristān. The Sassanian rule in these regions was well established and organised ; for the Persepolis inscription discovered by Herzfeld refers to a High Judge at Kabul and a Minister of Public Instruction in Sakastān (*Sakastān andarzbed*).¹