Northern Satraps

Northern Satraps
60 BCE–2nd century CE
South-Asia 0-40 CE SATAVAHANAS PANDYAS AY CHOLAS CHERAS CHUTUS YUEZHIS WESTERN SATRAPS MALAVAS YAUDHEYAS MAHAMEGA- VAHANA SAMATATAS INDO- PARTHIANS HAN DYNASTY ◁ ▷ The Northern Satraps ruled the area from Eastern Punjab to Mathura.[1] Approximate location and neighbouring polities, early 1st century CE.
Capital	Sagala/ Mathura
Religion	Buddhism Hinduism Jainism
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	60 BCE
• Disestablished	2nd century CE
Preceded by Succeeded by Indo-Greeks Indo-Scythians Mitra dynasty Indo-Parthians Kushan Empire
Today part of	India Pakistan

The Northern Satraps (Brahmi: , Kṣatrapa, "Satraps" or , Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps"), or sometimes Satraps of Mathura,^[2] or Northern Sakas,^[1] are a dynasty of Indo-Scythian ("Saka") rulers who held sway over the area of Punjab and Mathura after the decline of the Indo-Greeks, from the end of the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. They are called "Northern Satraps" in modern historiography to differentiate them from the "Western Satraps", who ruled in Sindh, Gujarat and Malwa at roughly the same time and until the 4th century CE. They are thought to have replaced the last of the Indo-Greek kings in the Punjab region, as well as the Mitra dynasty and the Datta dynasty of local Indian rulers in Mathura.

The Northern Satraps were probably displaced by, or became vassals of, the Kushans from the time of Vima Kadphises, who is known to have ruled in Mathura in 90–100 CE, and they are known to have acted as Satraps and Great Satraps in the Mathura region for his successor Kanishka (127–150 CE).