It is a fertile country, yielding wheat and rice and sesame oil and clarified butter, cotton and the Indian cloths made therefrom, of the coarser sorts.

The Nasik and Karle inscriptions refer to Nahapana's dynastic name (Kshaharata, for "Kshatrapa") but not to his ethnicity (Saka-Pahlava), which is known from other sources.

[13] Nahapana had a son-in-law named Ushavadata (Sanskrit: Rishabhadatta), whose inscriptions were incised in the Pandavleni Caves near Nasik.

He constructed rest-houses, gardens and tanks at Bharukachchha (Bharuch), Dashapura (Mandasor in Malva), Govardhana (near Nasik) and Shorparaga (Sopara in the Thana district).

[14] Overstrikes of Nahapana's coins by the powerful Satavahana king Gautamiputra Satakarni have been found in a hoard at Jogalthambi, Nashik District.

[9]The Nasik Cave No.3, inscription No.2 insription notes that Nahapana's 'Khakharata race' was rooted out, which means all his possible heirs might have been killed.

[21] Initiation as a Jain monk The Avasyaka Niryukti, the Curnisūtra and the Śrutavatāra of Bibudha Sridhara provide an account of the final days of the Saka chief, Nahapna.

According to the last text, Nahapana abdicated the throne and was initiated to Jain asceticism by Jainācārya Arhadbali and he was named Bhutabali.

[24][25] The Western Satraps are known for the construction and dedication of numerous Buddhist caves in Central India, particularly in the areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

[35] It reads:[36] [Raño]jmahākhatapasa sāminahapānasa [Ā]mātyasa Vachhasagotasa Ayamasa [de]yadhama cha [po?]

ḍhi maṭapo cha puñathaya vase 46 kato[37][36] "The meritorious gift of a mandapa and cistern by Ayama of the Vatsa-gotra, Prime Minister to the king, the great Satrap, the Lord Nahapana, made for merit, in the year 46."