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Dakshinapatha is an important historical region which is an ancient equivalent of present day South India or Deccan plateau and which may mean;
The term Dakshinapatha is composite of two terms, dakshina and patha. name Deccan is an anglicised form of the Prakrit word dakkhin or dakkhaṇa derived from Sanskritdakṣiṇa (दक्षिण "south"),[4][5] as the region was located just south of North India. Path means road, hence, Dakshinapatha means ''southern road'', but it has been also applied for South Indian realm.
...who by force destroyed the Yaudheyas who were loath to submit, rendered proud as they were by having manifested their' title of' heroes among all Kshatriyas; who obtained good report because he, in spite of having twice in fair fight completely defeated Satakarni, the lord of Dakshinapatha, on account of the nearness of their connection did not destroy him; who [obtained] victory . . . . . . . .; who reinstates deposed kings;
— Rudradaman I, Junagadh rock inscription
Description
The Dakshinapatha trade route was one of two great highways that have connected different parts of the sub-continent since the Iron Age. The other highway was the Uttarapatha or the great northern road that ran from Taxila in Pakistan, through the modern Punjab up to the western coast of Yamuna. Following the course of Yamuna it went southwards up to Mathura, from there it passed on to Ujjain in Malwa and to Broach on western coast. According to Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography by Sanjeev Sanyal, the trajectory of the northern road (Uttarapatha) has remained roughly the same from pre-Mauryan times and is now known as Grand Trunk Road or the old NH2 (currently the NH 19 along with parts of northern NH 44 and eastern NH 3). However, the southern road appears to have drifted since the ancient era. Rama's route into exile in the epic may have been an early version of the road, but by the time of Buddha it started at Varanasi and ran through Vidisha in central India, to Pratishthana (now Paithan). It probably extended all the way to Chola, Chera and Pandya kingdoms of the far south. By the Mauryan period, there would have been a branch from Ujjain to the ports of Gujarat which made Ujjain a major city by Gupta era. In the modern era, Dakshinapatha roughly coincides with the old NH-7 (currently the NH 44 along with parts of southern NH 34, NH 30 and NH 35), which runs much further east of the old road but still meets the northern road at Varanasi.[9]
^Singh, U. (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson Education. p. 289. ISBN9788131711200. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
^Gupta, Kalyan Kumar Das (1972). "The Aśvakas: an Early Indian Tribe". East and West. 22 (1/2): 33–40. ISSN 0012-8376. JSTOR 29755742.
^Sanjeev, Sanyal (2012-11-15). Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 71–76. ISBN9788184756715.
Further reading
Neelis, Jason (2010), Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks: Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia, BRILL, pp. 205–211, ISBN978-90-04-18159-5
External links
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This article may lack focus or may be about more than one topic Please help improve this article possibly by splitting the article and or by introducing a disambiguation page or discuss this issue on the talk page March 2018 Dakshinapatha is an important historical region which is an ancient equivalent of present day South India or Deccan plateau and which may mean the Ancient South of the Indian subcontinent below Uttarapatha The term can encompass Dravida Simhala the Kollam region and the Maldives In the south region the great southern highway in India traveling from Magadha to Pratishthana 1 or a kingdom on the Godavari River in southern India 2 3 Dakinabades from the Periplous of the Erythraean Sea 1st CE Etymology EditThe term Dakshinapatha is composite of two terms dakshina and patha name Deccan is an anglicised form of the Prakrit word dakkhin or dakkhaṇa derived from Sanskrit dakṣiṇa दक ष ण south 4 5 as the region was located just south of North India Path means road hence Dakshinapatha means southern road but it has been also applied for South Indian realm Historical background EditThree divisions of the Indian subcontinent mentioned in the Later Vedic texts are Aryavarta Northern India Madhya Desha Central India and Dakshinapatha South India 6 The Aitareya Brahmana 1st half of 1st mil BCE also mentions some tribes in the South Dakshinadis of Vindhyan and north Deccan origin such as Satvants Vidarbha Andhra Nishadas and Kuntis 7 Panini 500 BCE in his Aṣṭadhyayi mentions Asmaka Kingdom in connection with Dakshinatya and Kalinga 8 Dakshinapatha also finds mention in Junagarh rock inscription of Indo Scythian king Rudradharman from 150 CE who by force destroyed the Yaudheyas who were loath to submit rendered proud as they were by having manifested their title of heroes among all Kshatriyas who obtained good report because he in spite of having twice in fair fight completely defeated Satakarni the lord of Dakshinapatha on account of the nearness of their connection did not destroy him who obtained victory who reinstates deposed kings Rudradaman I Junagadh rock inscriptionDescription EditThe Dakshinapatha trade route was one of two great highways that have connected different parts of the sub continent since the Iron Age The other highway was the Uttarapatha or the great northern road that ran from Taxila in Pakistan through the modern Punjab up to the western coast of Yamuna Following the course of Yamuna it went southwards up to Mathura from there it passed on to Ujjain in Malwa and to Broach on western coast According to Land of the Seven Rivers A Brief History of India s Geography by Sanjeev Sanyal the trajectory of the northern road Uttarapatha has remained roughly the same from pre Mauryan times and is now known as Grand Trunk Road or the old NH2 currently the NH 19 along with parts of northern NH 44 and eastern NH 3 However the southern road appears to have drifted since the ancient era Rama s route into exile in the epic may have been an early version of the road but by the time of Buddha it started at Varanasi and ran through Vidisha in central India to Pratishthana now Paithan It probably extended all the way to Chola Chera and Pandya kingdoms of the far south By the Mauryan period there would have been a branch from Ujjain to the ports of Gujarat which made Ujjain a major city by Gupta era In the modern era Dakshinapatha roughly coincides with the old NH 7 currently the NH 44 along with parts of southern NH 34 NH 30 and NH 35 which runs much further east of the old road but still meets the northern road at Varanasi 9 See also EditUttarapathaReferences Edit Singh U 2008 A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th Century Pearson Education p 289 ISBN 9788131711200 Retrieved 2015 01 01 http www historytoday com historical dictionary d dakshinapatha dead link Dakkhinapatha palikanon com Retrieved 2015 01 01 Henry Yule A C Burnell 13 June 2013 Hobson Jobson The Definitive Glossary of British India Oxford ISBN 9780191645839 Monier Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary p 498 scanned image at SriPedia Initiative Sanskrit dakṣiṇa meaning southern India History The Vedic Period www globalsecurity org Retrieved 2021 04 09 From Clans to Kingdoms 1700 BCE 600 BCE www livehistoryindia com Retrieved 2021 04 10 Gupta Kalyan Kumar Das 1972 The Asvakas an Early Indian Tribe East and West 22 1 2 33 40 ISSN 0012 8376 JSTOR 29755742 Sanjeev Sanyal 2012 11 15 Land of the Seven Rivers A Brief History of India s Geography Penguin Random House India Private Limited pp 71 76 ISBN 9788184756715 Further reading EditNeelis Jason 2010 Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia BRILL pp 205 211 ISBN 978 90 04 18159 5External links EditPali Definition of Dakshinapatha Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dakshinapatha amp oldid 1116507686, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
