Rudradaman I: Difference between revisions

'''Rudradāman I''' (r. 130–150) was a [[Śaka]] ruler from the [[Western Kshatrapas]] dynasty. He was the grandson of the king [[Chastana|Caṣṭana]].<ref>Page 9, Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 7, Asiatic Society of Bombay, Publisher: The Society, 1867, Original from Harvard University, Digitized 14 Jun 2008</ref> Rudradāman I was instrumental in the decline of the [[Sātavāhana]] Empire.<ref name="UP381">{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Upinder |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=9788131716779 |page=381 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA381 |language=en}}</ref> Rudradāman I took up the title of ''[[Maha-kshtrapa]]'' ("Great Satrap"), after he became the king and then strengthened his kingdom.

As a result of his victories, Rudradāman regained all the former territories previously held by [[Nahapana]], except for the southern territory of [[Poona]] and [[Nasik]].<ref>Rapson</ref>  The indigenous Nagas also were aggressive toward [[Śaka]] [[Western Kshatrapas|kshatrapas]].{{cn|date=November 2022}} Sātavāhana dominions were limited to their original base in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and eastern central India around [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district|Amaravati]]:<ref name="UP381" />