Nahapāna (English spelling)

Japanese: Nahapāna(英語表記)Nahapana
Nahapāna (English spelling)

…The two most powerful Kshatrapa powers were (1) the Kushaharata dynasty, which ruled parts of western India and the northwestern Deccan, and (2) a dynasty based in the Malwa-Katyawar region. The dynasty (1) became powerful under Nahapāna in the second half of the 1st century (or early 2nd century) and advanced into the northern Deccan, but was destroyed by Gautamiputra Śātakarni of the Satavahana dynasty. The dynasty (2) became powerful under Caṣṭana in the second half of the 1st century (or early 2nd century) and reached its zenith under his grandson Rudradāman (c. 130-150). …

From [Saka]

…Under the king were placed mahā‐kṣatrapa (great) kṣatrapas who oversaw the country, a name said to be an Indian variant of the word satrap, a local governor since the Achaemenid Empire. After the death of Mawes, the kingdom temporarily disintegrated, but around the 1st century AD, Bhūmaka and Nahapāna, a descendant of the kṣatrapas, established their power in the Saurashtra and Malwa regions. This dynasty was called the Kṣaharāta dynasty, and they endeavored to assimilate with Indian culture and protected both Brahmanism and Buddhism well. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Nahapāna" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…クシャトラパ勢力のうち,(1)西インドの一部と北西部デカンを支配したクシャハラータ朝と,(2)マールワー・カーティアーワール地方に本拠を置く王朝との二つが有力であった。(1)の王朝は1世紀後半(あるいは2世紀初め)に出たナハパーナNahapānaのもとに強力となり,デカン北部に進出したが,サータバーハナ朝のガウタミープトラ・シャータカルニGautamīputra Śātakarniに滅ぼされた。(2)の王朝は1世紀後半(あるいは2世紀前半)のチャシュタナCaṣṭnaのもとに強力となり,その孫ルドラダーマンRudradāman(130‐150ころ)の時代に最盛期を迎えた。…

【サカ】より

…王の下にはマハー(大)・クシャトラパmahā‐kṣatrapa,クシャトラパを置き,国内を監督させたが,これはアケメネス朝以来の地方総督であるサトラップのインド語訛であるといわれる。 マウエースの死後王国は一時分解したが,後1世紀ころクシャトラパの一系統のブーマカBhūmaka,ナハパーナNahapāna父子によって,サウラーシュトラ,マールワー地方に勢力が築かれた。この王朝はクシャハラータKṣaharāta朝と呼ばれ,インド文化との同化に努めてバラモン教,仏教を共によく保護した。…

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