Shaka-rule and its influence According to the above description, it is clear that the Shakas came in the form of invaders in India and after coming here ruled over different parts of India for a long time. And got mixed up in Indian public life. The doubts also had an effect on Indian culture.
Indianization of Shakas - Foreign castes like Shakas and Palhavas invaded. Kind came to India and merged with the culture here. He adopted Indian pickle-idea, religion and way of life. After some time it could not be realized that they were foreigners. Did these foreign castes enter into marriage with Hindus? Did it Rudradaman married his
daughter to the Satavahanas. He took his Indian name. The names Rudradaman, Rishabhdatta, Rudrasen, Dakshamitra etc. were adopted on the basis of Indianness. The Shakas are mentioned in Hindu texts and these Shakas have been counted among the satraps. But the satraps are not given a high position.
Pasha and Sahitya-Shakas completely merged themselves in Indian culture. They adopted the regional languages of India and the important thing was that they made Sanskrit the state language. The satraps of Ujjayini encouraged Sanskrit. The Shakas were music lovers and gave a lot of encouragement to music. Some raganis came to be known as Shakas.
Economic condition - Ever since the people of India came in contact with the doubts, there has been an increase in Indian trade. There was an exchange of Indian goods with foreign countries. Large quantities of gold were imported from Rome, and fine fabrics were exported. During the Shaka period, India's trade relations with China and Central Asia were also established and Indian colonies were established in countries like Southeast Indochina etc. In this way, the Shaka period was an important period from the point of view of Indian trade relations.
Governance system, be it the Kshatrapo system, was the main feature of the government system. The Kshatrapi system was started by King Dara of Persia, which was also adopted by the Shakas. The Shaka rule was divided into provinces and the governors of these provinces were called satraps. And all these satraps were under the chief Shaka emperor. But these satraps were free to take their own decisions on the problems related to their provinces. These provinces or satraps were also of two types.
(i) Mahakshatrapa – Mahakshatrapa who was the ruler of his area. Was able to take many decisions independently at his own discretion. Some Mahakshatrapas were also given the title of Rajan.
(ii) Kshatrapas The satraps who were under the kings were unable to take their own decisions on any problem, sometimes in the Saka administration Mahakshatrapas and princes were also called satraps. Their position was similar to that of feudal lords.
The Shaka king was at the top. These rulers or emperors used to bear the title of 'Rajadhiraj' or Maharaj. This system of governance established by the Shakas was only a simulation of the system of governance of the Greeks and Iranians.
