[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.s1.8 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s1.8 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s1.8 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.8) Nahapāna was the greatest of the Kshaharāta Satraps. Eight Cave Inscriptions discovered at Paṇḍulena, near Nāsik, Junnar and Karle (in the Poona district) prove the inclusion of a considerable portion of Mahārāshṭra within his dominions. Seven of these inscriptions describe the benefactions of his son-in-law Ushavadāta (Ṛishabhadatta) the Śaka, while the eighth inscription specifies the charitable works of Ayama, the \*Amātya\* (minister or district officer). Ushavadāta's inscriptions indicate that Nahapāna's political influence probably extended from Poona (in Mahārāshṭra) and Sūrpāraka (in North Koṅkaṇ) to Prabhāsa in Kāṭhiāwār, Mandasor (Daśapura) and Ujjain in Mālwa and the district of Ajmer including Pushkara, the place of pilgrimage to which Ushavadāta resorted for consecration after his victory over the Mālayas or Mālavas. - [Previous: c19.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.7) - [Next: c19.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.9) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s1.8) · Pramāṇa