Silver coin of Nahapana, with ruler profile and pseudo-Greek legend "ΡΑΝΝΙΩ ΞΑΗΑΡΑΤΑϹ ΝΑΗΑΠΑΝΑϹ", transliteration of the Prakrit "Raño Kshaharatasa Nahapanasa" (or "King Kshaharata Nahapana"). British Museum.[1]
Reign
1st or 2nd century CE
Predecessor
Bhumaka
Successor
Chastana
The Greco-Prakrit title "RANNIO KSAHARATA" ("ΡΑΝΝΙω ΞΑΗΑΡΑΤΑ(Ϲ)", Prakrit for "King Kshaharata" rendered in corrupted Greek letters) on the obverse of the coinage of Nahapana.[1][2]Nahapana Brahmi and Kharoshthi legends on his coinage "RAJNO KSHAHARATASA NAHAPANASA "Of the Rajah Nahapana, the Kshaharata".[3][4]
Nahapana (Ancient Greek: ΝαηαπάναNahapána; Kharosthi: 𐨣𐨱𐨤𐨣Na-ha-pa-na, Nahapana;[4] Brahmi: Na-ha-pā-na, Nahapāna;[4]), was an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, descendant of the Indo-Scythians, in northwestern India, who ruled during the 1st or 2nd century CE. According to one of his coins, he was the son of Bhumaka.
^ abCribb, Joe (2013). Indian Ocean In Antiquity. Routledge. p. 310. ISBN 9781136155314.
^Alpers, Edward A.; Goswami, Chhaya (2019). Transregional Trade and Traders: Situating Gujarat in the Indian Ocean from Early Times to 1900. Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN 9780199096138.
^Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin: July 1980. Seaby Publications Ltd. 1980. p. 219.
^ abcRapson, E. J. (1908). Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Kṣatrapas, the Traikūṭaka Dynasty, and the "Bodhi" Dynasty. London: Longman & Co. p. 65-67. ISBN 978-1-332-41465-9.
Nahapana (Ancient Greek: Ναηαπάνα Nahapána; Kharosthi: 𐨣𐨱𐨤𐨣 Na-ha-pa-na, Nahapana; Brahmi: Na-ha-pā-na, Nahapāna;), was an important ruler of the Western...
the possession of Nahapana's son-in-law Rishabhadatta (also known as Ushavadata), who had donated it to the monks. A hoard of Nahapana's coins, discovered...
by Bhumaka, father of Nahapana, who only used on his coins the title of Satrap, and not that of Raja or Raño (king). Nahapana's rule is variously dated...
India. Usabhdatta’s wife (Nahapana’s daughter), Dakshmitra also donated one cave for the Buddhist monks. Cave 10 - 'Nahapana Vihara' is spacious with 16...
the Nasik Caves by Ushavadata, a son-in-law of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana, in the years circa 120 CE. It is the earliest known instance of the usage...
Satraps ruler Nahapana was placed next to the central gate, reporting the dedication of a village to the monks of the Karla chaitya by Nahapana's son-in-law...
the ancient rites known as the Eleusinian Mysteries. In northern India, Nahapana, ruler of the Scythians, is defeated and dies in battle while fighting...
by him appears to have been the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana, as suggested by Nahapana's coins overstuck with names and titles of Gautamiputra. The...
victories, Rudradāman regained all the former territories previously held by Nahapana, except for the southern territory of Poona and Nasik. The indigenous Nagas...
king Nahapana, the [Kshahara]ta Kshatrapa...." — Inscription No.14a of Nahapana, Cave No.10, Nasik He believed in Brahmanism, and married Nahapana's daughter...
historical candidates have included rulers such as Vima Kadphises, Vonones, and Nahapana. According to historian Dineshchandra Sircar, the historically inaccurate...
the Indian harbour of Barygaza is described extensively in the Periplus. Nahapana, ruler of the Indo-Scythian Western Satraps is mentioned under the name...
2017, he acted in the Telugu historical movie Gautamiputra Satakarni, as Nahapana, an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas. Bedi has appeared on American...
of the caves in Manmodi has an epigraph mentioning the Western Satrap Nahapana bearing the title of Mahakshatrapa (Great Satrap). The Manmodi hill lies...
capital Pratishthana. and Nashik was ruled by a Saka Nahapana in the 1st century CE. Nahapana's son in law, Ushadevata, described his charitable contributions...
the Satavahana Empire, and the victories of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana. The Satavahana Empire would later revive under the rule of Gautamiputra...
short-lived dynasty, the Kshaharatas ("Satraps"), included Bhumaka and Nahapana. The coinage of Chastana combines a corrupted Greek legend on the obverse...
Kadphises It has also been discovered that Sasan overstruck the coins of Nahapana of the Western Satraps, this line of coinage dating between 40 and 78 CE...
entrance to the Great Chaitya at Karla Caves, facing the inscription of Nahapana and posterior to it by a generation, there is also an inscription by Satavahana...
funeral oration, and grants her a temple in Rome. Reign in Northern India by Nahapana, Scythian king. He attacks the kingdom of Andhra and annexes Southern Rajputana...
Minister Ayama in the name of his ruler Nahapana, Manmodi Caves, circa 100 CE. Nasik Cave inscription No.10. of Nahapana, Cave No.10. Late Brahmi vowel diacritics...
ruler of the early 2nd century CE. He was the father of the great ruler Nahapana, according to one of the latter's coins. He was preceded by Abhiraka (Aubhirakes)...
Cave at Karle, Epigraphia Indica, Vol 7, 1902–03, pp. 57–58 (for more on Nahapana, pp. 58–61) Sopher, David E. (1968). "Pilgrim Circulation in Gujarat"....
Satraps circa 30 CE. He was the father of Bhumaka, and the grandfather of Nahapana. He is known through his coins, which are found in the northern Pakistan...
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