[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.3177 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3177 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3177 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3177) Mahākṣatrapa (IE 8-2, 8-3; EI 16, 27; CII 4; BL; ML; HD), the great Satrap or provincial governor; feudatory title of foreign origin; originally, title of a provincial governor; later the Śakas of Western India continued to use it even when they were practically independent. Cf. CII, Vol. II, p. 48. See Kṣatrapa. - [Previous: c6.3176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3176) - [Next: c6.3178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3178) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3177) · Pramāṇa