Indo-Parthians and the Kshatraps

Lesson 8 of 16 • 6 upvotes • 13:45mins

Abhyudaya Kelkar

The Shakas never remained as a unified political entity in the previous part of their history. They split up into two different branches – the Northern Kshatraps, ruling around Mathura and Takshashila and the Western Kshatraps ruling in the region of Sindh, southern Rajasthan, Gujarat and Malwa. These Western Kshatraps developed an organized state and constantly warred with the rising Satavahanas. The Western Kshatraps had two different dynasties – The Kshaharta Dynasty and the Kardamaka Dynasty. The northern branch, i.e. the Northern Kshatraps were replaced by the poorly known Indo-Parthians. The only source of information about the Indo-Parthians is their coins. The rest is explained in the lesson.