First Principles IASlearning from first principles

Girnar through time

Now Junagadh, Gujarat

  1. Theme 7 · 324 or 321 to 187 BCE

    Mauryan empire

    Major Rock Edicts; Rudradaman's inscription of 150 CE records the Sudarshana lake, begun under Chandragupta and completed under Ashoka

  2. Theme 8b · 200 BCE to 300 CE; the Western Satraps to 415

    The northwestern invasions: Indo Greeks, Shakas, Pahlavas, Kushanas and the Western Satraps

    Rudradaman's inscription of about 150 CE, the earliest major Sanskrit prose inscription, records his repair of the Sudarshana lake

  3. Theme 10 · 319 to 550 CE

    The Gupta empire

    Skandagupta's record of 457 to 458 CE of the Sudarshana lake repair by Chakrapalita, on the rock with Ashoka's edicts and Rudradaman's inscription