Nahapana

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Nahapana
Western Satrap
Silver coin of Nahapana British Museum.jpg
Silver coin of Nahapana, with ruler profile and pseudo-Greek legend "ΡΑΝΝΙΩ ΞΑΗΑΡΑΤΑϹ ΝΑΗΑΠΑΝΑϹ", transliteration of the Prakrit "Raño Kshaharatasa Nahapanasa" (or "King Kshaharata Nahapana"). British Museum.[1]
Reign1st or 2nd century CE
PredecessorBhumaka
The 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.[2][3]
Nahapana Brahmi and Kharoshthi legends on his coinage "RAJNO KSHAHARATASA NAHAPANASA “Of the Rajah Nahapana, the Kshaharata”.[4][5]

Nahapana (Greek: Ancient Greek: ΝΑΗΑΠΑΝΑ, Kharosthi: