Polity Northern Satraps

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A dynasty of Indo-Scythian rulers who held sway over the area of Eastern Punjab and Mathura after the decline of the Indo-Greeks.

Establishment

  • January 59 BC: The Indo-Scythians, led by King Azes II, defeated the Indian kings in the Mathura area in 60 BC. This marked the expansion of the Indo-Scythian Kingdom in northern India.
  • January 59 BC: The Northern Satraps, a dynasty of Indo-Scythian rulers, took control of Eastern Punjab and Mathura after the Indo-Greeks.
  • January 59 BC: Mitra dynasty (Mathura) conquered by the Northern Satraps.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 49 BC: The Yuga Purana describes an invasion of Pataliputra by the Scythians, led by the Indo-Scythian King Azes I, in -50. Pataliputra was the capital of the Maurya Empire at the time, ruled by King Vikramaditya.
  • January 51: Kujula Kadphises was the founder of the Kushan Dynasty, a powerful empire that ruled over northern India in the 1st century AD. Under his leadership, the Kushans expanded their territory by absorbing the northern Indian part of the kingdom.

Disestablishment

  • January 101: The Northern Satraps were probably displaced by, or became vassals of, the Kushans from the time of Vima Kadphises, who is known to have ruled in Mathura in 90-100 CE.