![]() Indo-Scythian rule in the northwestern Indian subcontinent ceased when the last Western Satrap Rudrasimha III was defeated by the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II in 395 CE. The power of the Saka rulers started to decline in the 2nd century CE after the Indo-Scythians were defeated by the Satavahana emperor Gautamiputra Satakarni. Yet the Saka continued to govern as satrapies, forming the Northern Satraps and Western Satraps. The Indo-Scythians were apparently subjugated by the Kushan Empire, by either Kujula Kadphises or Kanishka. The Indo-Scythians extended their supremacy over north-western India, conquering the Indo-Greeks and other local kingdoms. ![]() The first Saka king of India was Maues/Moga (1st century BC) who established Saka power in Gandhara, and Indus Valley. Indo-Scythians (also called Indo-Sakas) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples of Scythian origin who migrated from Central Asia southward into northern and western regions of ancient India from the middle of the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE.
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