The Age of Empires :

The Mauryas :

The historical past of the Mauryas is just about nonexistent. The existing files reveal the names of simplest three of the dynasty's kings, specifically Suketavarman, who dominated some time in the 4th or fifth centuries BC, Chandravarman within the sixth century BC, and Ajitavarman in the seventh century BC, who dominated from Kumardvipa or ultra-modern Kumarjuve, however beyond that the records furnish no clue as to their mutual relationship. These dates have been decided by evaluating the sort of the Nagari script wherein these files are written with the evolution of this script, which could also be dated relatively adequately. 

 

 It is possible to deduce from the locations recounted in these records and their discovery areas that at its zenith, the Western Maurya Kingdom comprised the Lata or South Gujarat, coastal Maharashtra, Goa, and roughly half of of the North Kanara district. After the Maurya Empire had handed its meridian in the 2nd century BC its satrap in Aparanta made himself impartial. A scion of the imperial Mauryas, he situated a dynasty that ruled over the west coast for close to 4 centuries from its capital Shurparaka or present day Sopara. This dynasty was referred to as the Konkan Mauryas. Goa was once referred to as Sunaparant by the Mauryas.

 

Chandragupta Maurya included the west coast of India in his province of Aparanta, and the influence of Magadhan Prakrit, the official language of the Mauryan Empire, on the local dialects resulted within the formation of early Konkani, as was the case with other Aryan vernaculars. For the duration of this generation Buddhism was presented to Goa. In a similar way a local Goan named Purna, often referred to as Punna in Pali, who traveled to Sarnath is considered an instantaneous disciple of Buddha, who popularised Buddhism in Goa in 5th century BC.

The Shatavahanas :

 
The Satavahanas dynasty started as vassals of the Mauryan Empire, but declared independence because the Mauryan Empire declined. The Satavahana dynasty ruled Goa by means of their coastal vassals, the Chutus of Karwar. This period is estimated to have lasted from across the 2nd century BC to one hundred ad. The Satavahanas had established maritime vigor and their contacts with Roman empire from the coastal exchange from Sindh to Saurashtra, from Bharuch to Sopara to Goa, where Greek and Roman ships would halt during voyages.

The Bhojas fortified themselves after the tip of Satavahana Empire.With the fall of the Satavahanas, the moneymaking seaborne alternate declined.Many Greek converts to Buddhism settled in Goa during this period. Buddha statues in Greek styles had been discovered in Goa.It may be visible that they ruled an extraordinarily small part of Goa. Maharashtri prakrit used to be their language of administration, which influenced medieval Konkani to a nice extent.

Goa underneath the Western Kshatrapas in the 12 months 150AD, Vashishtiputra Satakarni used to be defeated by way of his son-in-legislation, the Kshatrapa King Rudradaman I who based his rule over Goa.This dynasty ruled the territory until 249AD. Thereafter the dynasty's vigor seems to had been weakened with the aid of their generals, the Abhiras

 

Bhojas :

First current as vassals of the Mauryan Empire and later as an independent empire, the Bhojas dominated Goa for greater than 500 years, annexing the whole lot of Goa. The earliest recognized record of the Bhoja Empire from Goa dates from the 4th century ad, it was once determined in the town of Shiroda in Goa. In line with Puranik, by means of tradition the Bhojas belonged to the clan of Yadavas, who could have migrated to Goa through Dwaraka after the Mahabharata battle.

 

Two Bhoja copperplates provides dating again to the 3rd century BC have been unearthed from Bandora village, written by means of King Prithvimallavarman. Many other copper plates, have additionally been recovered from different areas in Goa which date from the 3rd century BC to the eighth century advert. Historic Chandrapur, ultra-modern day Chandor, was the capital of the Bhoja Empire; the Bhojas dominated Goa, Belgaum and North Canara.

 

From the Bhoja inscriptions observed in Goa and Konkan, it is evidenced that the Bhojas used Sanskrit and Prakrit for administration. In step with Vithal Raghavendra Mitragotri, many Brahmins and Vaishyas arrived with Kshatriyas Bhojas from the north.The Kshatriya Bhojas patronised Buddhism and employed many Buddhist converts of Greek and Persian beginning.