Vakataka dynasty

c. 250 CE – c. 510 CE · about 260 years approximate dates

The Vakatakas were an Indian dynasty from the Deccan in the mid-3rd century CE, ruling from the edges of Malwa and Gujarat to the Tungabhadra River. They were the most important successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan and contemporaries of the Guptas. The Ajanta caves were partly created under their patronage.