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'''Achyuta Naga''' was the last independent ruler of [[Panchala]], in what is now northern India. He was defeated by [[Samudragupta]], a powerful [[Gupta Empire|Gupta emperor]].<ref>Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.473</ref><br />
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==Reign==<br />
Achyuta Naga was the last independent ruler of [[Panchala]]. He was defeated by the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta Emperor]] [[Samudragupta]], after which Panchala was annexed into the [[Gupta Empire]].<ref>Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.473</ref> <br />
[[File:East-Hem 200ad.jpg|thumb|Panchala around the time of Achyuta]]<br />
The coins of Achyuta found from Ahichatra have a wheel of eight spokes on the reverse and the legend ''Achyu'' on the obverse.<ref>Lahiri, B. (1974). ''Indigenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D.) '', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.182</ref><br />
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The early portion of the [[Allahabad pillar# Samudragupta inscription|Prayag ''prashasti'' of Samudragupta]] mentions that Samudragupta "uprooted" three kings: Achyuta, [[Nagasena]], and another ruler, whose name is lost in the damaged portion of the inscription.{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1978|p=53}}{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|pp=20-21}} According to the inscription, Samudragupta reinstated these rulers after they sought his forgiveness.{{sfn|Ashvini Agrawal|1989|p=106}}{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1989|p=74}}<br />
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It is not clear why these three kings' names are repeated later in the inscription. According to one theory, they were vassal rulers who rebelled against Samudragupta after the death of his father. Samudragupta crushed the rebellion and reinstated them after they sought his forgiveness. Later, these rulers rebelled once more, and Samudragupta defeated them again.{{sfn|Ashvini Agrawal|1989|p=106}} Another possibility is that the author of the inscription thought it necessary to repeat these names while describing Samudragupta's later conquests in Aryavarta, simply because these kings belonged to that region.{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1989|p=76}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{cite book |author=Ashvini Agrawal |title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 |year=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=R. C. Majumdar |author-link=R. C. Majumdar |title=A Comprehensive History of India |volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300-985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ |year=1981 |publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |oclc=34008529 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=Tej Ram Sharma |title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions |url=https://archive.org/details/personalgeograph00sharuoft |page=[https://archive.org/details/personalgeograph00sharuoft/page/258 258] |year=1978 |publisher=Concept |oclc=249004782 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=Tej Ram Sharma |title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC |year=1989 |publisher=Concept |isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 }}<br />
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