HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Gujarat
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Malwa
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Kathiawar
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Kashmir
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chashtana was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE. He was satrap of Malwa during that period.
Detailed explanation-2: -A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called “satrapies.” The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE. Each satrap controlled a specific amount of land, collecting taxes and maintaining law and order.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ancient Sakas in India had introduced Satrap system of government, along with Parthians, which was quite similar to the Iranian Achaemenid and Seleucid. Under this system, the kingdom was divided into provinces, each under military governor Mahakshatrapa (great satrap).
Detailed explanation-4: -First known satrapa in the Western India was Bhumaka, who ruled in Saurastra. Bhumaka’s successor Nahapana was an important ruler of the Western satrapas.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Sakas ruling in North western and western parts introduced Satrap system in India.