| Gautamiputra Satakarni | |
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| Rajaraja[citation needed] Maharaja | |
 Coinage of Gautamiputra Satakarni with Brahmi script legend "King Lord Satakarni, son of Gotami", starting at 12 o'clock. The decorative designs are the "Three-arched hill" and the "Ujain symbol".[1] These coins were overstruck on silver coins of Nahapana.[2][1] | |
| Satavahana Monarch | |
| Reign | 1st or 2nd century CE |
| Predecessor | Sivasvati |
| Successor | Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi |
| Spouse | Vasisthi |
| Military career | |
| Battles / wars | |
| Issue | Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, Vashishtiputra Satakarni |
| Dynasty | Satavahana |
| Mother | Gautami Balashri |
| Satavahana kings 100 BCE–2nd c. CE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gautamiputra Satakarni (Brahmi: 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀓𑀡𑀺, Gotamiputa Sātakaṇi, IAST: Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi) was a ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India. He was mentioned as the important and greatest ruler of Satavahana Dynasty. He ruled in the 1st or 2nd century CE, although his exact period is uncertain. His reign is dated variously: 86-110 CE,[3] c. 103-127 CE,[4] 106-130 CE,[5] or more recently and specifically ca. 60-85 CE.[6][7]
The information available about Gautamiputra Satakarni comes from his coins, the Satavahana inscriptions, and the royal genealogies in the various Puranas. The best known of these is the Nashik prashasti (eulogy) inscription of his mother Gautami Balashri, which credits him with extensive military conquests. Historical evidence suggests that Gautamiputra revived the Satavahana power after a decline caused by Saka invasions.[8]
- ^ a b "Gautamiputra Satakarni counter-struck the silver coins of Mahaksatrapa Nahapana with three-arched or six-arched on the obverse and Ujjain symbol on the reverse." Jain, Rekha (1995). Ancient Indian coinage: a systematic study of money economy from janapada period to early medieval period (600 BC to AD 1200). D.K. Printworld. ISBN 9788124600511.
- ^ Rapson, E. J. (Edward James) (1908). Catalogue of the coins of the Andhra dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the Traikutaka dynasty, and the "Bodhi" dynasty. London : Printed by order of the Trustees. p. Plate IX.
- ^ Carla M. Sinopoli 2001, pp. 166–168.
- ^ Charles Higham 2009, p. 299.
- ^ Rajesh Kumar Singh (2013). Ajanta Paintings: 86 Panels of Jatakas and Other Themes. Hari Sena. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9788192510750.
- ^ Bhandare, Shailendra (1999). Historical Analysis, pp.168-178; Shimada, Akira, (2012). Early Buddhist Architecture in Context: The Great Stupa at Amaravati (ca 300 BCE - 300 CE), Brill, p. 51
- ^ Ollett, Andrew, (2017). Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of premodern India, University of California Press, Okland, (Table 2, Appendix A), p. 189.
- ^ Rao 1994, p. 13.