The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s6.79

v1.c7.s6.79

Hardly two years had passed since Puḷumāvi’s death and Gaurakṛiṣṇa’s accession in 19 B.C., when Uṣabhadāta, the husband of Dakṣamitrā, the daughter of Nahapāna, is found at Nāsik recording the construction of a cave for the monks. Within five years after that date, by 12 B.C. (year 46 of Ayama’s record at Junnar), Nahapāna became master of wide regions including Malwa, Southern Gujerāt, and Northern Konkan, from Broach to Sopārā and the Nāsik and Poona districts, and thus rose from the status of a mere Kshatrapa in the year 41 (c. 17 B.C.) to that of Mahākshatrapa in the year 46 (12 B.C.).