Tribes in Ancient India c64.17

c64.17

A.D.). The Saka-Muruṇḍas alluded to in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription (C.I.I., Vol. III) were probably the Kṣatrapas of Indo-Scythia who came to do homage to the great conqueror. His successor Candragupta II (375-413 A.D.) also seems to have led a successful campaign against the Western Kṣatrapas of Surāṣṭra.¹ The fall of the Saka Satrapa is alluded to by Bāṇa, and also proved by coins; while we find decisive evidence of the Gupta occupation of Surāṣṭra in the Junāgaḍh Inscription of Skandagupta (c. 455-480 A.D.) which tells us that he (Skanda) ‘deliberated for days and nights before making up his mind who could be trusted with the important task of guarding the lands of the Surāṣṭras’.² He finally appointed Parṇadatta as governor.