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GautamiPutra Satakarni was their 23rd and ablest ruler.

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The Satavahana dynasty, known as Andhra in ancient times, was a south Indian dynasty reigning in the Deccan region. Their period is late 2nd century B.C. to the early 3rd century C.E. The kingdom mainly comprised present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra and had different capitals at different times in Pratisthana and Amravati. Flourished in the post-Mauryan era, their first king overthrew the last king of the Kanva dynasty. Gautamiputra Satakrni was the 23rd and the ablest ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. His reign was from 106- 130 A.D. His mother's name was Gautami Balashri, and he took her first name Satavahana, commonly taken by kings as their names. Matronymics was prevalent in those times, so his name was so. The Nashik Prashasti inscription calls him "king of kings' '. His reign extended from Malwa in the north to Krishna in the south. From Konkan in the west to Virbhadra in the east.

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