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Economy of the Satavahanas

At its zenith, the Satavahana empire extended from the Bay of Bengal in the east to the Arabian Sea in the west and embraced the entire region between the Narmada in the north to the Krishna in the south.

Satavahana Coins

Although agriculture was the main occupation of the people, the State economy appears to have depended more on industry and trade. The officers were probably

Society of the Satavahanas

Society of the Satavahanas

Extent of Satavahana Kingdoom

 

The society during the Satavahana period retained much of its earlier flexibility and the contact with the North accelerated the process of acculturation. At it’s zenith, the Satavahana empire extended from Bay of Bengal in the east to the Arabian Sea in

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Political History of the Satavahanas

The vague, disputed and uncorroborated doubtful evidences form the basis for the history of the Satavahanas. The Jain sources mention Satavahana as the first king in the family. The Kathasaritsagara also contains a story about Satavahana. The Kondapur coins bear the legend 'Sadvahana'. On scriptal grounds this Satavahana is placed close to (either before or

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Political History of the Satavahanas

The vague, disputed and uncorroborated doubtful evidences form the basis for the history of the Satavahanas. The Jain sources mention Satavahana as the first king in the family. The Kathasaritsagara also contains a story about Satavahana. The Kondapur coins bear the legend 'Sadvahana'. On scriptal grounds this Satavahana is placed close to (either before or contemporaneous with) Simuka, the first

Later Satavahana Chronology

The correctness of 271 B.C. as the starting point of the Satavahana rule under Simuka, may be verified and established from the known dates of Kshatrapas and other foreign kings. The foreign powers such as the Sakas and the Pahlavas in the closing years of the 1st Century B.C. and in the beginning years of the 1st century A.D. became powerful and established their sway in Malwa, Surashtra and other western areas. It was mainly on account of these foreign onslaughts, the power of the Satavahanas for sometime had to register a shart decline, subsequent to the reign of Pulomavi. The king who once

Chronology of the Satavahanas

Of the many complicated problems that the Andhras have presented, the most important one is the problem of their chronology. Divergent views have been expressed by different scholars about the beginning of the Andhra Satavahana rule, but so far no unanimous conclusion has yet been arrived at by the historian on this point of issue.

The foundation of the dynasty, which is known by its tribal name Andhra in the Puranas and by its family name Satavahana in the

Home Land of the Satavahanas

A subject of controversy regarding the Satavahanas is their homeland or origin. There are conflicting theories and contradictory opinions regarding this. Earlier scholars like D.R. Bhandarkar conjectured that the land of the Andhras must have at the early period consisted of certain parts of the Central Provinces together with the Visakhapatnam district and may have also included the Godavari and Krishna districts. The eastern Deccan was not called

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Identity of the Satavahanas

The Pauranic genealogies refer to the kings of 'Andhra-Jati'. Some Puranas style them as Andhrabhrityas. The Nanaghat and Nasik cave inscriptions and coins discovered in the Deccan mention the names of several kings of 'Satavahana-Kula'. On the basis of certain names, and their order of succession common to various kings mentioned in the two sources, some scholars identified the Satavahanas of the epigraphical records and coins with the Andhras of the Puranas. However the Puranas never use the term