1-The various Puranas state that the first king of the Satavahana dynasty ruled for 23 years, and mention his name variously as Sishuka, Sindhuka, Chhismaka, Shipraka etc.
2-Based on theories, the beginning of the Satavahana rule is dated variously from 271 BCE to 30 BCE.
3-The Matsya Purana mentions that the Andhra dynasty ruled for around 450 years.
4-The Indica of Megasthenes (350 – 290 BCE) mentions a powerful tribe named “Andarae”, whose king maintained an army of 100,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 elephants.
5-Simuka was succeeded by his brother Kanha (also known as Krishna), who extended the kingdom up to Nashik in the west
6-The Hathigumpha inscription of the Kalinga king Kharavela mentions a king named “Satakani” or “Satakamini”, who some identify with Satakarni I.
7-Satakarni’s successor Satakarni II ruled for 56 years.
8- He was succeeded by Lambodara.
9-The next well-known ruler of the dynasty was Hala, who composed Gaha Sattasai in Maharashtri Prakrit.
10-The Satavahana power was revived by Gautamiputra Satakarni, who is considered the greatest of the Satavahana rulers.
11-The Nashik prashasti inscription of Gautamiputra’s mother Gautami Balashri, dated to the 20th year after his death, records his achievements.
12-Gautamiputra was succeeded by his son Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi (or Pulumayi).
13-Pulumavi features in a large number of Satavahana inscriptions and his coins have been found distributed over a wide area.
14-Pulumavi’s successor was his brother Vashishtiputra Satakarni.
15-He entered into a marriage alliance with the Western Satraps, marrying the daughter of Rudradaman I.
16-Sri Yajna Sātakarni, the last person belonging to the main Satavahana dynastic line, briefly revived the Satavahana rule.
17- Pulumavi IV, the last king of the main line.During his reign, several Buddhist monuments were constructed at Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati.
18-After the death of Pulumavi IV, the Satavahana empire fragmented into five smaller kingdoms
19-The Satavahana territory included northern Deccan region, spanning the present-day Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana states
20-The Nashik inscription describes Gautamiputra as the lord of Benakataka, suggest that this was the name of his capital.
21- The Matsya Purana states that 30 Andhra kings ruled for 460 years, but some of its manuscripts name only 19 kings.
22-The Vayu Purana also mentions that there were 30 Andhra kings, but its various manuscripts name only 17, 18, and 19 kings respectively.
1-The Satavahanas were an ancient Indian dynasty based in the Deccan region.
2-The Satavahana kingdom mainly comprised the present-day Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
3- The dynasty had different capital cities at different times, including Pratishthana (Paithan) and Amaravati (Dharanikota).
4-The dynasty reached its zenith under the rule of Gautamiputra Satakarni and his successor Vasisthiputra Pulamavi.
5-The Satavahanas were early issuers of Indian state coinage struck with images of their rulers.
6- The Satavahanas supported Brahmanism as well as Buddhism, and patronised Prakrit language instead of Sanskrit.
7-Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana being variously claimed as the original homeland of the Satavahanas.
8-Satavahanas originally claimed association with the legendary solar dynasty.
9-Several rulers of the dynasty bear the name or title “Satakarni”. Satavahana, Satakarni, Satakani and Shalivahana.
10-Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi theorized that the word “Satakarni” is derived from the Munda words sada (“horse”) and kon (“son”).
11-The Puranas use the name “Andhra” or “Andhra-Bhritya” for the Satavahanas.
12-At Kotilingala in Telangana, coins bearing the legend “Rano Siri Chimuka Satavahanasa” were found.
13-Epigraphist and numismastist P. V. P. Sastry initially identified Chimuka with the dynasty’s founder Simuka.
14-Coins attributed to Simuka’s successors Kanha and Satakarni I were also discovered at Kotilingla.
15-Historians such as D. R. Reddy, S. Reddy and Shankar R. Goyal theorized that Kotlingala was the original home of the Satavahanas.
16-An inscription found at Pandav Leni (Nashik) was issued during the reign of Kanha.
17- An inscription found at Naneghat was issued by Nayanika (or Naganika), the widow of Satakarni I.
18-C. Margabandhu theorized that the Satavahanas were called Andhras because they were natives of eastern Deccan (the Andhra region)
19-V. S. Sukthankar theorized that the territorial division Satavahani-Satahani (Satavahanihara or Satahani-rattha), in present-day Bellary district, was the homeland of the Satavahana family
20-Simuka is mentioned as the first king in a list of royals in a Satavahana inscription at Naneghat.
