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Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman

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The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, also known as the Girnar Rock inscription of Rudradaman, was inscribed by the Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I. It is located in Girnar near Junagadh, Gujarat, India, and dated to circa 130–150 CE. [1]

37 relations: Anarta, Anupa, Aparanta, Ashoka, Avanti (India), Central India, Chandragupta Maurya, Cutch State, Dakshinapatha, Dharma, Edicts of Ashoka, Girnar, Gujarat, India, Indus River, Junagadh, Konkan, Malwa, Marwar, Maurya Empire, Multan, Nishada Kingdom, Prakrit, Rajputana, Rudradaman I, Saka, Sanskrit, Satrap, Saurashtra (region), Sauvira Kingdom, Sindh, Skandagupta, Tushaspha, Vashishtiputra Satakarni, Western Satraps, Yaudheya, Yona.

Anarta

Anarta (आनर्त) was an ancient Indian region which corresponded to the present-day North Saurashtra to North Gujarat regions in Gujarat state of India.

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Anupa

Anupa, (literally, watery tract) is an ancient Indian region roughly corresponds to the areas around ancient Mahishmati city in the present-day Madhya Pradesh.

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Aparanta

Aparanta, or Aparantaka (meaning "Western border") was a geographical region of ancient India, variously corresponding to the northern Konkan, northern Gujarat, Kathiawar, Kachch and Sindh.

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Ashoka

Ashoka (died 232 BCE), or Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE.

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Avanti (India)

Avanti (अवन्ति) was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Realm), roughly corresponded to the present day Malwa region.

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Central India

Central India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

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Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya (reign: 321–297 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India.

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Cutch State

Cutch, also spelled Kutch or Kachchh, was a relatively large Indian princely state during the British Raj.

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Dakshinapatha

Dakshinapatha is a historical region which has been used to describe either.

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Dharma

Dharma (dharma,; dhamma, translit. dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

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Edicts of Ashoka

The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka as well as boulders and cave walls made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire during his reign from 269 BCE to 232 BCE.

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Girnar

Girnar, also known as Girinagar ('city-on-the-hill') or Revatak Parvata, is a group of mountains in the Junagadh District of Gujarat, India, situated near Junagadh.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indus River

The Indus River (also called the Sindhū) is one of the longest rivers in Asia.

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Junagadh

Junagadh is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Konkan

Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast or Kokan, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India.

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Malwa

Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin.

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Marwar

Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in North Western India.

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Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire was a geographically-extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 180 BCE.

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Multan

Multan (Punjabi, Saraiki, مُلتان), is a Pakistani city and the headquarters of Multan District in the province of Punjab.

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Nishada Kingdom

Nishada is the name of a kingdom mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

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Prakrit

The Prakrits (प्राकृत; pāuda; pāua) are any of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages formerly spoken in India.

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Rajputana

Rājputāna (Rajasthani/राजपूताना), (راجپُوتانہ), meaning “Land of the Rajputs”, was a region in India that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan rajput are 10 percent in rajasthan mostly mp and mla of rajasthan are of rajput community after gurjar and meena it is the 3rd largest populated community in rajasthan arat and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day southern Pakistan.

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Rudradaman I

Rudradaman I (r. 130–150) was a Saka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty.

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Saka

Saka, Śaka, Shaka or Saca mod. ساکا; Śaka; Σάκαι, Sákai; Sacae;, old *Sək, mod. Sāi) is the name used in Middle Persian and Sanskrit sources for the Scythians, a large group of Eurasian nomads on the Eurasian Steppe speaking Eastern Iranian languages.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Satrap

Satraps were the governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.

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Saurashtra (region)

Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast.

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Sauvira Kingdom

Sauvīra was an ancient kingdom of the lower Indus Valley mentioned in the Late Vedic and early Buddhist literature and the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

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Sindh

Sindh (سنڌ; سِندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, in the southeast of the country.

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Skandagupta

Skandagupta (स्कन्दगुप्त) (died 467) was a Gupta Emperor of northern India.

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Tushaspha

Tushaspha was a "Yavanaraja" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor Ashoka, in the area of Girnar, near Junagadh, in Gujarat, India.

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Vashishtiputra Satakarni

Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was a Satavahana king, who ruled the Deccan region in India, during the 2nd century CE.

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Western Satraps

The Western Satraps, Western Kshatrapas, or Kshaharatas (35–405 CE) were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states).

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Yaudheya

Yaudheya or Yaudheya Gana was an ancient confederation that occupied the areas between the Indus river and the Ganges river.

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Yona

The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue "Yavana" in Sanskrit, are words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junagadh_rock_inscription_of_Rudradaman

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