[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.s3.18 # Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.18 Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.18) Rudradāman apparently held his court at Ujjain, which is mentioned by Ptolemy as the capital of his grandfather Chashtana, placing the provinces of Ānarta and Surāshṭra under his Pahlava (Parthian) \*Amātya\*¹ Suviśākha. The \*Amātya\* constructed a new dam on the famous Sudarśana Lake which owed its origin to the "care bestowed by the Maurya government upon question of irrigation, even in the most remote provinces." - [Previous: c19.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.17) - [Next: c19.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.19) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.raychaudhuri-1923.c19.s3.18) · Pramāṇa