The first century CE sees another incursion of the Sakas of Central Asia into India, where they form the dynasty of the Western Kshatrapas.

The four immediate successors of Hāla (r. CE 20–24) have short reigns totaling about a dozen years.

The Satavahanas lose a considerable territory to the satraps during the reign of the Western Satrap Nahapana (r. CE 55–100), including eastern Malwa, Southern Gujarat, and Northern Konkan, from Broach to Sopara and the Nasik and Pune.