Abhira dynasty
Abhira dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 203–315 or 370 | |||||||||||||||||||
South Asia 350 CE The Abhiras and main South Asian polities circa 350 CE. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Anjaneri, Thalner, Prakashe, Bhamer, Asirgarh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Apabhraṃśa, Sanskrit, Prakrit | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Classical | ||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 203 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Supplanted by the Traikutakas | 315 or 370 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||||||||
The Abhira dynasty was a dynasty that ruled over the western Deccan, where it perhaps succeeded the Satavahana dynasty. From 203 to roughly 270 or 370, this dynasty formed a vast kingdom. The Abhiras had an extensive empire comprising modern-day Maharashtra, Konkan, Gujarat and parts of southern Madhya Pradesh. Some scholars regard the Abhiras as a great almost an imperial power in the third century A.D.