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Administration of Satavahana
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Role/Authority
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Rajan
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Hereditary Ruler
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Rajas
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Petty Princes who stuck Coins in their own name
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Maharathis
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Hereditary lords who could grant villages in their own names and
maintained matrimonial relations with the ruling family
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Mahabhojas
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Mahasenapati
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Civil Administrator under Pulumavi II; governor of Janapada under
Pulumavi IV)
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Mahatalavara
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Great watchman
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Kumaras
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Royal princes were appointed as viceroys of the provinces
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· Important Points
- Satavahana dominated the Deccan region from 1st Century BCE to 3rd centure CE
- Gautamiputra Satakarni and Vasisthputra Pulumavi
- It comprises present day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra
- Capital: Amaravati, Pratishthana and Junnar
- The Satavahanas were early issuers of Indian State coinage struck with images of their rulers
- Patronized Prakrit language instead of Sanskrit
- They supported Buddhism as well as Brahmanism
- The Periplus of the Eythraean Sea mentions two important Satavahan trade centres: Pratishthana and Tagara, other urban centers: Kondapur, Banavasi and Madhavpur
- Nanaghat was the site of an important pass that linked the Satavahana capital Pratishthana to the sea
- Issued many lead and copper coins
- Portrait style silver coins
- Coins: Prakrit, Tamil, Telugu
- Coins: traditional symbols : elephants, lions, horses and Chaityas as well as Ujjain symbol (A cross with four circles at the end)
- Stupas: marble slabs and sculpted with scenes from the life of Buddha, portrayed in A characteristic slim and elongated style
- Embellishment of the Buddhist stupa of Sanchi, the gateways and the balustrade
Kings
Simuka
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Founder
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Satavahana Inscription if Nanaghat
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Kanha
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Upto Nasik
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Satakarni I
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Conquered western Malwa, Anupa (Narmada Valley) and Vidarbha,
Ashwamedh and Rajsuya, Patronized Brahmanism
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Satakarni II
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56 years
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Captured Eastern Malwa from Shungas
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Lambodara
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Apilaka
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Coin found in Eastern MP
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Hala
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20-24 CE
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Composed Gaha Sattasai in MAharashtri Prakrit
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The western Kshatrap (saka) King Nahapana defeated the Satavahanas
and ruled for 50 years
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Gautamiputra Satakarni
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103-127 CE, Raja-Raja and Maharaja, Lord of Vindhya, Gautami Balashri
(mother)
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Defeated Nahapaha, Present day Rajasthan to Krishna River, Saurasthra
in west to Kalinga in east, first ruler to isuue-portrait type coinage (style
of Western Satraps)
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Vashishthiputra Sri Pulamavi
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96-119 CE
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Added Bellary region, His coins featuring ships with double mast have
been found on the coromandel coast
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Rudradaman defeated
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Sri Yajna Satakarni
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