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The inscriptions of Gautamiputra Satakarni indicate that his empire was divided into units known as āhāras. Each āharā was governed by an amātya or amaca. [44] Three types of settlements are named in the inscriptions: nagara (city), nigama (town) and gama (village). [27] The Nashik prashasti inscription calls him ekabrahmana.
Gautamiputra Satakarni (r.c. 106–130 CE) is considered the greatest ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. He is known as the "Lord of the West". [ 3 ] His mother's Nashik Prashasti inscription praises him for his military victories.
The Nashik prashasti inscription issued by Gautami Balashri, the mother of Gautamiputra Satakarni, claims that her son ruled an extensive territory that stretched from Gujarat in the north to northern Karnataka in the south. It is not clear if Gautamiputra had effective control over these claimed territories.
He (Gautamiputra Satkarni) claimed victory on them in an inscription at Cave No. 3 of the Pandavleni Caves in Nashik: Gautamiputra Satakarni (…) who crushed down the pride and conceit of the Kshatriyas; who destroyed the Sakas (Western Satraps), Yavanas (Indo-Greeks) and Pahlavas (Indo-Parthians), [12] who rooted out the Khakharata family ...
The Trirashmi Caves, [1] or Nashik Caves or Pandavleni. Most of the caves are viharas except for Cave 18 which is a chaitya of the 1st century BCE. [2] The style of some of the elaborate pillars or columns, for example in caves 3 and 10, is an important example of the development of the form. [3]
A coin of Nahapana restruck by the Satavahana king Gautamiputra Satakarni. Nahapana's profile and coin legend are still clearly visible. Overstrikes of Nahapana's coins by the powerful Satavahana king Gautamiputra Satakarni have been found in a hoard at Jogalthambi, Nashik District. [15] This suggests that Gautamiputra defeated Nahapana. [9]
Nashik is a historically, mythologically, ... Later Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana of shaka dynasty and regained the satavahana honour. [5]
His victory is known from the fact that Gautamiputra restruck many of Nahapana's coins (such a hoard was found in Jogalthambi, Nashik District), [43]) and that he claimed victory on them in an inscription at Cave No. 3 of the Pandavleni Caves in Nashik: Gautamiputra Satakarni (…) who crushed down the pride and conceit of the Kshatriyas; who ...