Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c24.27
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c24.27
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c24.27
The facts noted above indicate that the Saka sept to which Chashṭana and Rudradāman belonged came from Sakasthāna in Irān through the Lower Indus Valley to Cutch and other places in Western India. In view of this and the contiguity of Cutch to the Lower Indus Valley, it is permissible to think that the date of the conquest of Sindhu and Sauvīra could not have been far removed from, and may have even preceded, that of Cutch (Kachchha). As the great Satrap retained his hold on these provinces till 150 A.D. it stands to reason that he was their ruler from *c.* 136 A.D.