Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.1

c19.s3.1

The greatest rivals of the restored Sātavāhana Empire were at first the Saka Kshatrapas of Ujjain. The progenitor of the Śaka princes of Ujjain was Ysamotika who was the father of Chashtana, the first *Mahākshatrapa* of the family. The name of Ysamotika is Scythic.¹ His descendant, who was killed by Chandra Gupta II, is called a Śaka king by Bāṇa in his *Harsha-charita*. It is, therefore, assumed by scholars that the Kshatrapa family of Ujjain was of Śaka nationality.