page_title: Vashishtiputra Satakarni
hierarchical_section_title: Vashishtiputra Satakarni
caption_attribution_description: English: Coin legend Vashishtiputra Satakarni
context_page_description: Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was a Satavahana king, who ruled the Deccan region in India, during the 2nd century CE. He was the brother of Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, his regnal successor, and the son of the great Satavahana conqueror Gautamiputra Satakarni. His reign is dated variously: 138-145 CE, or 158-165 CE.
  Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was in great conflict with the Scythian Western Kshatrapas in the West, but he eventually married the daughter of Rudradaman I of the Western Kshatrapa dynasty, in order to forge an alliance. The inscription relating the marriage between Rudradaman I's daughter and Vashishtiputra Satakarni appears in a cave at Kanheri:
  "Of the queen ... of the illustrious Vashishtiputra Satakarni, descended from the race of Karddamaka kings, daughter of the Mahakshatrapa Ru....... .........of the confidential minister Sateraka, a water-cistern, the meritorious gift.
  — Kanheri inscription of Rudradaman I's daughter".
  Later however, he was defeated by his father-in-law in battle, with serious effect on Sātavāhana power and prestige:
context_section_description: Vashishtiputra Sātakarni (Brahmi: 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀣𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀓𑀁𑀁𑀡𑀺, Vāsiṭhiputa Sātakaṃṇi) was a Satavahana king, who ruled the Deccan region in India, during the 2nd century CE. He was the brother of Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, his regnal successor, and the son of the great Satavahana conqueror Gautamiputra Satakarni. His reign is dated variously: 138-145 CE, or 158-165 CE.
  Vashishtiputra Sātakarni was in great conflict with the Scythian Western Kshatrapas in the West, but he eventually married the daughter of Rudradaman I of the Western Kshatrapa dynasty, in order to forge an alliance. The inscription relating the marriage between Rudradaman I's daughter and Vashishtiputra Satakarni appears in a cave at Kanheri:
  "Of the queen ... of the illustrious Vashishtiputra Satakarni, descended from the race of Karddamaka kings, (and) daughter of the Mahakshatrapa Ru(dra)....... .........of the confidential minister Sateraka, a water-cistern, the meritorious gift.
  — Kanheri inscription of Rudradaman I's daughter".
  Later however, he was defeated by his father-in-law in battle, with serious effect on Sātavāhana power and prestige:
  Rudradaman (...) who obtained good report because he, in spite of having twice in fair fight completely defeated Satakarni, the lord of Dakshinapatha, on account of the nearness of their connection did not destroy him.
  — Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman
caption: Vashishtiputra Sri Satakarni, with coin legend in the Brahmi script.
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