Bhūmaka (English spelling)

Japanese: Bhūmaka(英語表記)Bhumaka
Bhūmaka (English spelling)

…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 that mentions "Bhūmaka" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。…

※「Bhūmaka」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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