"RUDRADAMAN" (KING MUKUL DEV) OF PALANPUR ( 04 BC-50 AD)
Western Kshatrapa King Rudradaman of Kardamaka Halamukha dynasty alongwith King Chastana was being mentioned in the inscriptions of 51 AD, as then earlier ruler of Akaravanti (Sudarshana) janapada, the land east of present Bhopal of eastern Malwa. Earlier King Nahapana alongwith son in law King Usabhadatta (husband of Dakshamitra) jointly ruled Ujjaini for next 46 years. This was the case of "Dwimviratas" diarchy means the dual rule practice of father and sons joint rulership over the same land simultaneously in the same period as approved practice of Kushana era. After king Nahapanas rule, King Rudradaman alias Mukul Dev of Palanpur begin as the successor of King Chastana Mahakshatrapa and extended his Ror dynasty rule over the region of Haryana, Jhajjar, Baddi, by defeating clan of Yaudheya Kshatriya race, ........... King Rudradaman was the name of King Mukul Dev of Ror or Aror (ancient Minnagar city and present port town Karachi) dynasty from Palanpur of Gujarat. Ror or Aror dynasty was assigned to the race of Iksavaku solar race of (Ayodhya) Suryavanshi by the text of Puranas. King Rudradaman inspite of two wars with king Vashishthaputra Satakarni, gave country of Aparanta as a dowry to his successor son in law King Gautamiputra of Andhrabhritya dynasty. Buddhist chronical Bhalladitya jataka and Jaina text named Udayana of Vitabhaya attested the above facts. The coins of the Rudradaman bears the legends " Rajno Kshatrapasa Jayadamasaputrasa Rajno Mahakshatrapasa Rudradamasa" ,........... Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman lord of Akaravanti, the destroyer of Yaudheyas and defeated Satakarni Andhra twice, was having his sway over Akaravanti, eastern Malwa, western Malwa, Avanti, and Anupa, countries. It included Anarta, Saurashtra, Svabhra the northern Gujarat , Maru the Marwar, Sindhu and Sauvira (Multan), Kukura the eastern Rajaputana (Royal family), Nishadha of Central India of aborigional race. The Aparanta was extended upto western border of northern Konkan. It was Brahmin town of Harmatelia (Sauvira) was being seize by Macedonian king Alexander the great in 326 BC, which was thenafter reestablished by King Rorkumar Dhaj of Ror dynasty. Earlier the king Rudrayana Rors were contemporary of King Bimbisara of Magadha in 5th and 6th century BC, ........... (427),..........