[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.s3.10 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.10 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.10 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.10) The place names in the inscription seem to show that the rule of Rudradāman extended over Purv-āpar-Ākar-Āvanti (East and West Mālwa), Anupa-nivṛit or the Māhishmatī region (Māndhātā in Nimāḍ, or Maheśvara),² Ānartta³ (territory around Dwārakā), Surāshṭra (district around Junāgaḍh), Svabhra (the country on the banks of the Sābarmatī), Maru (Mārwār), Kachchha (Cutch), Sindhu-Sauvīra (the Lower Indus Valley),¹ Kukura (probably between Sind and the Pāriyātra Mt.),² Aparānta (N. Koṅkaṇ),³ Nishāda (in the region of the Sarasvatī and the Western Vindhyas),⁴ etc. Of these places Surāshṭra, Kukura, Aparānta, Anupa and Ākarāvanti formed part of Gautamīputra's dominions, and must have been conquered either from that king or one of his immediate successors. The Junāgaḍh inscription gives the information that Rudradāman twice defeated Sātakarṇi, lord of the Deccan, but did not destroy him on account of their near relationship. According to Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar this Sātakarṇi was Gautamīputra himself, whose son Vāsiśhṭhīputra Sātakarṇi was Rudradāman's son-in-law. According to Rapson the lord of the Deccan defeated by the Śaka ruler was Pulumāyi. It is more probable that the defeated ruler was Vāsisbṭhīputra Śātakarṇi himself, who may have been a brother and a predecessor of Pulumāyi. - [Previous: c19.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.9) - [Next: c19.s3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.11) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.10) · Pramāṇa