south kosala was later conquered by gautamiputra satakarni of the satavahana dynasty in the early part of the 2nd century ce and remained in their possession up to the second half of the 2nd century ce. it was during the second and third century ce, the meghas or meghavahanas reappeared in the political scene and regained their suzerainty over south kosala. samudragupta during his daksinapatha expedition, defeated mahendra of kosala who probably belonged to the megha dynasty. as a result, the south kosala during the fourth century a.d, became a part of the gupta empire.