Nahapana, the Glossary
Nahapana (Ancient Greek: Ναηαπάνα; Kharosthi: 𐨣𐨱𐨤𐨣,; Brahmi), 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.[1]
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49 relations: Abiria, Ancient Greek, Ariaca, Bharuch, Bhumaka, Brahmi script, Brahmin, British Museum, Chaitya, Chashtana, Fordham University, Gautamiputra Satakarni, Govardhan Hill, Greek alphabet, Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Indo-Scythians, James Burgess (archaeologist), Junnar, Karla Caves, Kharosthi, Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar, Maharashtra, Malavas, Malva, Mandapa, Mandsaur, Manmodi Caves, Minnagara, Motilal Banarsidass, Nallasopara, Nashik, Nasik Caves, Nasik inscription of Ushavadata, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Prakrit, Saka language, Saraostus, Satavahana dynasty, Sesame, Shaka era, Thane, Tirtha (Hinduism), Ujjain, Ushavadata, Uttamabhadras, Western Satraps, Yajna Sri Satakarni.
- 2nd-century Indian monarchs
- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
- Western Satraps
Abiria
Abiria was the country of the Abhira Kshatriyas.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
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Ariaca
Obv: Bust of king Nahapana with a legend in Greek script "PANNIΩ IAHAPATAC NAHAΠANAC", transliteration of the Prakrit Raño Kshaharatasa Nahapanasa: "King Kshaharata Nahapana".
Bharuch
Bharuch, formerly known as Bharutkutccha, is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India.
Bhumaka
Bhumaka (Kharosthi: 𐨧𐨂𐨨𐨐,; Brahmi: 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀓,; ?–119 CE) was a Western Kshatrapa ruler of the early 2nd century CE. Nahapana and Bhumaka are 2nd-century Indian monarchs and western Satraps.
Brahmi script
Brahmi (ISO: Brāhmī) is a writing system of ancient India.
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Brahmin
Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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Chaitya
A chaitya, chaitya hall, chaitya-griha, (Sanskrit:Caitya; Pāli: Cetiya) refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions.
Chashtana
Chashtana (Greek: Ϲιαϲτανϲας (epigraphic), Τιαστανης; Brahmi:; Kharosthi: 𐨖𐨛𐨞) was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain. Nahapana and Chashtana are 2nd-century Indian monarchs and western Satraps.
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City.
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Gautamiputra Satakarni
Gautamiputra Satakarni (Brahmi: 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀓𑀡𑀺, Gotamiputa Sātakaṇi, IAST) was a ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India. Nahapana and Gautamiputra Satakarni are 2nd-century Indian monarchs.
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Govardhan Hill
Govardhana Hill (गोवर्धन), also called Mount Govardhana and Giriraj, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, which is about from Vrindavan.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.
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Gujarat
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.
Gulf of Kutch
The Gulf of Kutch is located between the peninsula regions of Kutch and Saurashtra, bounded in the state of Gujarat that borders Pakistan.
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Indo-Greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom (also Yavanarajya after the word Yona, which comes from Ionians), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India.
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Indo-Scythians
The Indo-Scythians (also called Indo-Sakas) were a group of nomadic people of Iranic Scythian origin who migrated from Central Asia southward into the northwestern Indian subcontinent: the present-day South Asian regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Eastern Iran and northern India.
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James Burgess (archaeologist)
James Burgess CIE FRSE FRGS MRAS LLD (14 August 1832Hayavadana Rao, C. (Ed.) (1915) Madras: Pillar & Co., pp. 71-72. At Wikisource. – 3 October 1916), was the founder of The Indian Antiquary in 1872Temple, Richard Carnac.
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Junnar
Junnar (Marathi pronunciation: d͡ʒunːəɾ) is a city in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Karla Caves
The Karla Caves, Karli Caves, Karle Caves or Karla Cells, are a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut caves at Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra.
Kharosthi
The Kharoṣṭhī script, also known as the Gāndhārī script, was an ancient Indic script used by various peoples from the north-western outskirts of the Indian subcontinent (present-day Pakistan) to Central Asia via Afghanistan.
Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar
Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar (M. K. Dhavalikar; 16 May 1930 – 27 March 2018) was an Indian historian and archaeologist.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.
Malavas
The Malavas (Brahmi script: 𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀭𑀯 Mmālava) or Malwas were an ancient Indian tribe.
Malva
Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae.
Mandapa
A mandapa or mantapa is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured in Hindu temple architecture and Jain temple architecture.
Mandsaur
Mandsaur is a city and a municipality in Mandsaur district located on the border of Mewar and Malwa regions of Madhya Pradesh, a state in Central India.
Manmodi Caves
The Manmodi Caves are a complex of a rock-cut caves about 3 km to the south of the city of Junnar in India.
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Minnagara
Minnagara (Μινναγάρ and Μιννάγαρα) was a city of the Indo-Scythian kingdom, located on the Indus river in Pakistan, north of the coastal city of Barbaricum, North and West of Barygaza.
Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.
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Nallasopara
Nallasopara or Nala Sopara (pronunciation: naːla sopaɾa) formerly known as Sopara or Supara, is a town within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Nashik
Nashik, Marathi: naːʃik, formerly Nasik) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Nasik Caves
The Trirashmi Caves, or Nashik Caves (Trirashmi being the name of the hills in which the caves are located, Leni being a Marathi word for caves), are a group of 23 caves carved between the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE, though additional sculptures were added up to about the 6th century, reflecting changes in Buddhist devotional practices.
Nasik inscription of Ushavadata
The Nasik inscription of Ushavadata is an inscription made in the Nasik Caves by Ushavadata, a son-in-law of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana, in the years circa 120 CE.
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Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Περίπλους τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς Θαλάσσης, Períplous tē̂s Erythrâs Thalássēs), also known by its Latin name as the, is a Greco-Roman periplus written in Koine Greek that describes navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports like Berenice Troglodytica along the coast of the Red Sea and others along the Horn of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, including the modern-day Sindh region of Pakistan and southwestern regions of India.
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Prakrit
Prakrit is a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE.
Saka language
Saka, or Sakan, was a variety of Eastern Iranian languages, attested from the ancient Buddhist kingdoms of Khotan, Kashgar and Tumshuq in the Tarim Basin, in what is now southern Xinjiang, China.
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Saraostus
Saraostus also called Syrastrene(also Surastrene, modern Saurashtra in India) was the name given by the Greeks to the area of Saurashtra and parts of south-western Gujarat.
Satavahana dynasty
The Satavahanas (Sādavāhana or Sātavāhana, IAST), also referred to as the Andhras (also Andhra-bhṛtyas or Andhra-jatiyas) in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty.
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Sesame
Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called simsim, benne or gingelly.
Shaka era
The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78.
Thane
Thane (previously known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai.
Tirtha (Hinduism)
Tirtha (तीर्थ) is a Sanskrit word that means "crossing place, ford", and refers to any place, text or person that is holy.
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Ujjain
Ujjain (Hindustani pronunciation: ʊd͡ːʒɛːn, old name Avantika) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Ushavadata
Ushavadata (Brahmi), also known as Rishabhadatta, was a viceroy and son-in-law of the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana, who ruled in western India. Nahapana and Ushavadata are western Satraps.
Uttamabhadras
The Uttamabhadras are an ancient Indian tribe described in the Mahabharata and later inscriptions.
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Western Satraps
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central parts of India (extending from Saurashtra in the south and Malwa in the east, covering modern-day Sindh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states), between 35 and 415 CE.
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Yajna Sri Satakarni
Yajna Sri Satakarni, also known as Gautamiputra Yajna Sri, was an Indian ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. Nahapana and Yajna Sri Satakarni are 2nd-century Indian monarchs.
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See also
2nd-century Indian monarchs
- Bhumaka
- Chashtana
- Damajadasri I
- Gautamiputra Satakarni
- Huvishka
- Jayadaman
- Jivadaman
- Kanishka
- Kharavela
- Malaiyamān Thirumudi Kāri
- Nahapana
- Nedum Cheralathan
- Raja Sálbán
- Rudradaman I
- Rupiamma
- Shivaskanda Satakarni
- Uthiyan Cheralathan
- Valvil Ori
- Vashishtiputra Satakarni
- Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
- Vasudeva I
- Vishnupalita Kambhoja
- Yajna Sri Satakarni
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Western Satraps
- Bhartrdaman
- Bhumaka
- Chashtana
- Damajadasri I
- Damajadasri III
- Damasena
- Gupta–Saka Wars
- Jayadaman
- Jivadaman
- Kanakerha inscription
- Nahapana
- Rudradaman I
- Rudrasen II
- Rudrasena I (Saka king)
- Rudrasena II (Western Satrap)
- Rudrasimha I
- Rudrasimha II
- Rudrasimha III
- Rupiamma
- Satyadaman
- Sridharavarman
- Ushavadata
- Vijayasena
- Visvasena
- Western Satraps
- Yasodaman II
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahapana
Also known as Nambanus.