[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923) › c19.s1.1 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s1.1 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s1.1 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.1) We have seen that in the second and first centuries B.C., the Scythians possessed Ki-pin (Kāpiśā-Gandhāra) and Śakasthāna (Seistan) and soon extended their sway over a large part of Northern India. The principal Scythic dynasties continued to rule in the north. But a Satrapal family, the Kshaharātas, extended their power to Western India and the Deccan, and wrested parts of Mahārāshṭra from the Sātavāhanas. The Sātavāhana king apparently retired to the southern part of his dominions, probable to the \*Janapada\* of the Bellary District which came to be known as Sātavāhanihāra, and was at one time under the direct administration of a military governor (\*mahāsenāpati\*) named Skanda-nāga.¹ The waning power of the indigenous rulers of the Deccan and the waxing strength of the invaders seem to be hinted at in the following lines of the \*Periplus\*: - [Previous: c18.s4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c18.s4.19) - [Next: c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.2) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.1) · Pramāṇa