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Western Satraps
Indo-Scythian rulers of western and central India (35-405 CE)
Nahapana
thumb|The Greek script|Greco-[[Prakrit title "RANNIO KSAHARATA" ("ΡΑΝΝΙω ΞΑΗΑΡΑΤΑ(Ϲ)", Prakrit for "King Kshaharata" rendered in corrupted Greek letters) on the obverse of the coinage of Nahapana.]] thumb|Nahapana Brahmi and Kharoshthi legends on his coinage "RAJNO KSHAHARATASA NAHAPANASA "Of the Rajah Nahapana, the Kshaharata". Nahapana (Ancient Greek: ; Kharosthi: '''''' , ; Brahmi: 12px15px12px12px , ;), was a member of Kshaharata dynasty in northwestern India, who ruled during the 1st or 2nd century CE. According to one of his coins, he was the son of Bhumaka.
Rudradaman
2nd century Western Kshatrapas Śaka ruler
Rudrasimha III
Western Satrap
Chastana
thumb|Coin of Chastana, found in Junagadh. Chashtana (Greek: (epigraphic), ; Brahmi: 12px12px12px ; Kharosthi: '''''' , ) was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain.
Jivadaman
thumb|265px|Coin types of Jivadaman. Jivadaman was a Saka ruler of the Western Kshatrapas in northwestern India during the 2nd century CE. He was the son of Damajadasri I (170–175), and the brother of Satyadaman.
Damajadasri I
2nd century Western Kshatrapas dynasty ruler
Damajadasri III
Rudrasena I
Indian Western Satrap king from 200 to 222
Satyadaman
Satyadaman was a ruler of the Western Satraps (ruled 197-198 CE). He was the son of king Damajadasri I and brother of Jivadaman, who had been king, but sometime before him.
Rudrasimha II
Indian ruler of the Western Satraps from 304 to 348
Bhartrdaman
Bhartrdaman was a Saka ruler of the Western Kshatrapas in northwestern India from around 278 to 295. For the first four years, his coins name him only as kshatrapa, after which time his coins name him mahakshatrapa. He was the second of two sons of Rudrasena II who came to the throne, after his brother Visvasimha, and was among the last rulers of the Kardamaka dynasty.