Śakasthāna (English spelling) Sakasthana

Japanese: Śakasthāna(英語表記)Sakasthana
Śakasthāna (English spelling) Sakasthana

…The first important king was Mawes, whose name appears on coins and inscriptions that were modelled on those of Greece and Persia. He called himself the "King of Kings" and established the Shakya state of Śakasthāna in northwestern India, while also planning an expedition to Mathura in central India. Under the king he placed mahā‐kṣatrapa (Great) to oversee the country, which is said to be an Indian variant of the word satrap, the local governor since the Achaemenid Empire. …

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Japanese:

…最初の重要な王はマウエースMauēsで,ギリシアやペルシアにならって発行した貨幣や碑文にその名がみえる。王は〈諸王の王〉と称して西北インドにシャカ国Śakasthānaを建てる一方,中部インドのマトゥラーにまで遠征を企てた。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。…

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