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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. It is the earliest known instance of the usage of Sanskrit , although a rather hybrid form, in western India.
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 .
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 ...
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The Trirashmi Caves, [1] or Nashik Caves or Pandavleni. Most of the caves are viharas except for Cave 18 which is a chaitya of the 1st century BCE. [2] The style of some of the elaborate pillars or columns, for example in caves 3 and 10, is an important example of the development of the form. [3]
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian 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.
The content of Nasik inscription article is based on a single source. Should be merged, as this is a content fork. Kingsmasher678 ( talk ) 05:35, 5 November 2024 (UTC) [ reply ]
An inscription on the Southern Gateway records that it was the work of Satakarni II's royal architect Ananda. [78] An inscription records the gift of one of the top architraves of the Southern Gateway by the artisans of the Satavahana Emperor Satakarni: Gift of Ananda, the son of Vasithi, the foreman of the artisans of rajan Siri Satakarni [79]