Vashishtiputra Satakarni
| Vashishtiputra Satakarni | |
|---|---|
 Vashishtiputra Sri Satakarni | |
| Satavahana King | |
| Reign | 2nd century CE |
| Predecessor | Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi |
| Successor | Shivaskanda Satakarni |
| Dynasty | Satavahana |
| Father | Gautamiputra Satakarni |
Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was a Satavahana king, who ruled the Deccan region in India, during the 2nd century CE. He was the brother of Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, his regnal successor, and the son of the great Satavahana conqueror Gautamiputra Satakarni. His reign is dated variously: 138-145 CE,[1] or 158-165 CE.[2]
| Satavahana Kings | |
| Simuka | (100-70 BCE) |
| Kanha | (70-60 BCE) |
| Satakarni | (1st BCE) |
| Sivasvati | (1st century CE) |
| Gautamiputra Satakarni | (2nd century CE) |
| Vasishthiputra Pulumavi | (2nd century CE) |
| Vashishtiputra Satakarni | (2nd century CE) |
| Shivaskanda Satakarni | (2nd century CE) |
| Yajna Sri Satakarni | (2nd century CE) |
| Vijaya | (2nd century CE) |
Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was in great conflict with the Scythian Western Kshatrapas in the West, but he eventually married the daughter of Rudradaman I of the Western Kshatrapa dynasty, in order to forge an alliance. The inscription relating the marriage between Rudradaman I's daughter and Vashishtiputra Satakarni appears in a cave at Kanheri:
"Of the queen ... of the illustrious Vashishtiputra Satakarni, descended from the race of Karddamaka kings, (and) daughter of the Mahakshatrapa Ru(dra)....... .........of the confidential minister Sateraka, a water-cistern, the meritorious gift.
— Kanheri inscription of Rudradaman I's daughter".[3]
Later however, he was defeated by his father-in-law in battle, with serious effect on Sātavāhana power and prestige:
"Rudradaman (...) who obtained good report because he, in spite of having twice in fair fight completely defeated Satakarni, the lord of Dakshinapatha, on account of the nearness of their connection did not destroy him."
Gallery
Bilingual Silver coin of king Vashishtiputra Sātakarni (c. 160 CE) of Deccan. Obv: Bust of king. Prakrit legend in the Brahmi script.Rev: Ujjain/Sātavāhana symbol left. Crescented six-arch chaitya hill right. River below. Early Tamil language legend in the Tamil Brahmi script.
Notes
- ↑ Carla M. Sinopoli (2001). "On the edge of empire: form and substance in the Satavahana dynasty". In Susan E. Alcock. Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Cambridge University Press. p. 166-168.
- ↑ Rajesh Kumar Singh (2013). Ajanta Paintings: 86 Panels of Jatakas and Other Themes. Hari Sena. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9788192510750.
- ↑ Burgess, James; Bühler, Georg (1883). Report on the Elura cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in western India; completing the results of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons' operations of the Archaeological survey, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80. Supplementary to the volume on "The cave temples of India.". London, Trübner & Co. p. 78.
- ↑ "Source". Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
References
- K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India (Madras, 1976).
- Mahadevan, Iravatham (2003), Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D., Harvard Oriental Series vol. 62, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-01227-5
Vashishtiputra Satakarni | ||
| Preceded by Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi |
Satavahana ruler 2nd century |
Succeeded by Shivaskanda Satakarni |