Satavahana king Hāla

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Satavahana king Hāla is an ancient Indian ruler traditionally credited with compiling the Prakrit love-poem anthology Gāhā Sattasaī, one of the earliest and most important works of classical Indian lyric poetry.

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instanceOf Satavahana king
ancient Indian ruler
historical person
associatedDynastyRole early Satavahana ruler GENERATED
associatedWith Andhra–Deccan political history
courtly love poetry
early Deccan literary culture
associatedWork Gāhā Sattasaī NERFINISHED
creditedWith compilation of Gāhā Sattasaī
culturalSignificance important figure in early Indian literary history
culturalSphere ancient India
dynasty Satavahana dynasty NERFINISHED
genreAssociatedWith love poetry
lyric poetry
historicityOfAuthorship traditional attribution
influenceOn later Prakrit anthologies
later Sanskrit lyric poetry
knownFrom Prakrit literary sources
later literary tradition
languageAssociatedWith Prakrit NERFINISHED
languageOfCourt Prakrit (traditional view)
legacy remembered primarily as a literary king
literaryTradition Prakrit poetry
name Hala NERFINISHED
Hāla NERFINISHED
Hāla Satavāhana NERFINISHED
notableFor early classical Indian lyric poetry
patronage of Prakrit literature
positionHeld king of the Satavahana dynasty
regionRuled Andhra region NERFINISHED
Deccan NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
royalTitle rāja (king)
scholarlyDebate historical details and authorship of Gāhā Sattasaī are debated
sourceLanguageOfWork Maharashtri Prakrit NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st–2nd century CE
early centuries CE
traditionalRole compiler of Gāhā Sattasaī
workStatus Gāhā Sattasaī is one of the earliest extant Prakrit anthologies NERFINISHED
workTheme love and everyday life

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Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī) traditionalAttribution Satavahana king Hāla
subject surface form: Gaha Sattasai