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The Nasik and Karle inscriptions refer to Nahapana's dynastic name (Kshaharata, for "Kshatrapa") but not to his ethnicity (Saka-Pahlava), which is known from other sources. [13] Nahapana had a son-in-law named Ushavadata (Sanskrit: Rishabhadatta), whose inscriptions were incised in the Pandavleni Caves near Nasik. Ushavadata was son of Dinika ...
The first three lines of the inscription consist of an eulogy of Ushavadata, and are written in fairly standard Sanskrit, except for a few hybrid features, including several sandhi hiatuses and hybrid morphology (e.g. bhojฤpayitrฤ). [1] The rest of the inscription records the actual donations, and is more hybrid. [1]
The Nasik inscription of the 19th year of Sri Pulamavi also mentions the Khakharatavasa, or Kshaharata race. [11] The earliest Kshaharata for whom there is evidence is Abhiraka, whose rare coins are known. He was succeeded by Bhumaka, father of Nahapana, who only used on his coins the title of Satrap, and not that of Raja or Raño (king).
The Nasik inscription dates to the mid-1st century CE, is a fair approximation of standard Sanskrit and has hybrid features. [14] The Junagadh rock inscription of Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I ( c. 150 CE , Gujarat) is the first long poetic-style inscription in "more or less" standard Sanskrit that has survived into the modern era.
Nasik Cave inscription No.10. of Ushavadata, Cave No.10. Much of the information about Ushavadata comes from his Nashik and Karle inscriptions. The Nashik inscription contains an eulogy of Ushavadata in Sanskrit, and then records the donation of a cave to Buddhists in a Middle Indo-Aryan language. The Karle inscription contains a similar eulogy ...
The defeated "Saka-Yavana-Palhava" (Brahmi script: ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ฏ) mentioned in the Nasik cave 3 inscription of Queen Gotami Balasiri (end of line 5 of the inscription). [9] The Satavahana power was revived by Gautamiputra Satakarni, who is considered the greatest of the Satavahana rulers. [10]
The Nashik prashasti inscription of Gautamiputra's mother, located in the Nasik Caves, calls him the "king of kings", and states that his orders were obeyed by the circle of all kings. [17] It indicates that his rule extended from Malwa and Saurashtra in the north to Krishna River in the south; and from Konkan in the west to Vidarbha (Berar) in ...
The inscriptions of cave no.10 in the Nasik Caves near Nasik, reveal that in 105-106 CE, Kshatrapas defeated the Satavahanas after which Kshatrapa Nahapana’s son-in-law and Dinika's son- Ushavadata donated 3000 gold coins for this cave as well as for the food and clothing of the monks. Usabhdatta's wife (Nahapana's daughter), Dakshmitra also ...