Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.8
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.8
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c19.s3.8
**Rudradāman**¹ became an independent *Mahākshatrapa* some time between the years 52 and 72 (A.D. 130 and 150). We learn from the Junāgaḍh Rock Inscription of the year 72 that men of all castes chose him as protector and that he won for himself the title of *Mahākshatrapa*. This probably indicates that the power of his house had been shaken by some enemy (possibly Gautamīputra), and he had to restore the supreme satrapal dignity by his own prowess.