On the whole, during his liberal monarchy, the subjects lived in peace and enjoyed prosperity.Gautamiputra was described in his inscriptions as the destroyer of the Sakas, Pahlavas and Yavanas. In the North, he extended his power as far as Vidisha. Buddhism too was popular. In other words, Vasishthaputra’s matrimonial relation with the Sakas appears to be more of a political alliance than social or racial friendship.Vasishthaputra could not overcome the Sakas in the North. After liberating that area, he fought against the Yavanas and the Palhavas and conquered their territories in the west. Cancel Unsubscribe. Yet, the Satavahana Dynasty did not disappear from the history of the Deccan like the Sungas and the Kanvas of Magadha in the North. Our mission is to provide an online platform to help students to discuss anything and everything about history. R G Bhandarkar identified it with a part of The inscription also calls Gautamiputra the lord of following mountains:Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya identifies Mahendra, Sreshtha-giri and Chakora with portions of "Success! sfn error: no target: CITEREFCharles_Hingham2009 (Bhandare, Shailendra (1999). He tried to conquer new territories in the Deccan and succeeded in his attempts. In other words, though the Dynasty became famous as the Satavahana, they were the inhabitants of Andhra.
He was a powerful king. This King died towards the close of the 2nd century A.D.Some later kings of the dynasty seem to have ruled over much smaller regions in the South for some years more, as is evident from available coins. Such matronymics also appear in the names of other Satavahana kings, including Vasishthiputra Pulumavi ("Pulumavi, son of Vasishthi").
Other conquered regions on the northern side of the Vindhya ranges also became independent of the Satavahana power.Gautamiputra Satakarni was a patron of Brahmanism. A silver coin, perhaps of Gautamiputra Satakarni (side 2) The Saka Raja Rudradaman, of course, could proudly proclaim that even though he defeated the Lord of the Deccan (Dakshinapatha-pati) in battles, yet, because of the family relation between the two royal families, he did not put an end to the Satavahana rule in the South.
After the downfall of the vast Mauryan Empire when Magadha saw the rise of the Sunga and the Kanva dynasties.Kalinga saw the rise of the Chedi Mahameghavahana Dynasty, South India also saw the rise of the The founder of this southern dynasty was a King named Simuka. Both the sakas and Satavahanas encouraged Buddhism.
A silver coin, perhaps of Gautamiputra Satakarni (side 1) He was also mentioned as the ‘Lord of the Western Vindhyas’. But, it was difficult for her to save the kingdom from decline.
Gautamiputra-Satakarni claimed himself to be the protector of brahmins. Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of remodern India, University of California Press, Okland, (Table 2, Appendix A), p. 189.Bhandare, Shailendra, (1999). Based on these arguments, Bhandarkar speculated that Gautamiputra ruled eastern Deccan, while Vasishthiputra ruled western Deccan.
The conquered areas beyond the Vindhya Mountains could not be held for long because of the foreign invasions. The man of destiny this time was a king named Gautamiputra Satakarni. The inscriptions of Sri Yajna are found in such places as Nasik, Kanheri and Chinna-Ganjam.
Despite this, the inscription describes the achievements of Gautamiputra Satakarni, but remains silent about the exploits of his son.
Sri Satakarni ruled over many portions of the Godavari Valley and the northern regions of the Deccan. By his achievements as a conqueror and as an able administrator he raised the prestige of the Satavahana Dynasty to a new height and came to be regarded as its greatest monarch. This theory has been dismissed by several other scholars, including K. … Ushavadata mare several grants to Buddhist monks. In his religious policy, he was not as orthodox as his father. Gautamiputra first increased the size of his army and made it a strong fighting force.