Gautamiputra Satakarni

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2nd-century ruler Indian king Satavahana ruler historical figure

Gautamiputra Satakarni was a powerful 2nd-century CE Indian king renowned for reviving and expanding the Satavahana Empire and resisting foreign Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian powers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vasisthiputra Pulumavi	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	2nd-century ruler ⓘ Indian king ⓘ Satavahana ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
alternativeName	Gautamiputra Satakarni I NERFINISHED ⓘ Gautamiputra Śātakarṇi NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Paithan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratishthana NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedTerritory	Andhra region NERFINISHED ⓘ Aparanta NERFINISHED ⓘ Malwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Saurashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vidarbha NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinageType	copper coins ⓘ lead coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
defeated	Nahapana NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Kshatrapas NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	Satavahana dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
empire	Satavahana Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Satakarni (Satavahana king) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSource	Puranic king lists ⓘ
inscriptionEvidence	Naneghat inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasik cave inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ coins ⓘ
knownFor	defeating Western Kshatrapas ⓘ expansion of Satavahana Empire ⓘ resisting Indo-Parthian powers ⓘ resisting Indo-Scythian powers ⓘ restoration of Brahmanical social order ⓘ revival of Satavahana power ⓘ
languageOnInscriptions	Prakrit ⓘ
mother	Gautami Balashri NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Gautamiputra Satakarni NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage	Brahmanism ⓘ Buddhism ⓘ
politicalOpponent	Nahapana NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Satakarni (Satavahana king) NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ central India ⓘ western India ⓘ
reignCentury	2nd century CE ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 130 CE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 106 CE ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
scriptUsedOnCoins	Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Vasisthiputra Pulumavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Maharaja ⓘ Raja ⓘ Trisamudratoya-pita-vahana NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Satavahana dynasty → notableRuler → Gautamiputra Satakarni ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vasisthiputra Pulumavi