Abhira dynasty
The Abhira dynasty was a dynasty that ruled over the western Deccan, where it perhaps succeeded the Satavahana dynasty. From 203 CE to roughly 270 or 370, this dynasty formed a vast kingdom. The Abhiras had an extensive empire comprising Maharashtra, Konkan, Gujarat and some part of South Madhya Pradesh.
Abhiras of Nasik | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 203 A.D.–315 or 370 | |||||||||||||||||||
The Abhiras during the reign of Ishwarsena. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Empire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Anjaneri, Thalner, Prakashe, Bhamer, Asirgarh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Apabhraṃśa, Sanskrit, Prakrit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Classical | ||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 203 A.D. | ||||||||||||||||||
• Overthrow of the Abhiras by the Traikutakas. Reconquest of lost territories by the Saka kshtarapas and the rise of the Vakataka dynasty. Defeat of petty Abhira chieftains by Kadamba ruler Mayurasarman. | 315 or 370 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||||||||
The Abhira era was started by Rajan Ishwarsena in AD 249, and is referred to as the Abhira-Traikutika era. This era was later continued by the Kalachuri Dynasty, who called it the Kalachuri era, and later the Kalachuri-Chedi era. After the rule of five traikuta kings, the dynasty retired to the central provinces and assumed the name Haihaya (Chedi) and Kalachuri. Historians refer to this entire era as Abhira-Traikutika-Kalachuri-Chedi era. in the Puranic geography the country from the Tapti to Deogarh is called the Abhira, or the region of cowherds. It seems probable that they were connected with the Yadavas who were in power in the eighth, and again appear as the rulers of Deogiri or Daulatabad in the 12th and 13th century.