Satavahana raaj-kul

Satavahanas (; Sādavāhana nai to Sātavāhana, IAST: ), jiske Andhras (also Andhra-bhṛtyas or Andhra-jatiyas) ke naam se Puranas me likha gais hae, puraana India ke ek raaj-kul rahaa. Aaj-kal ke scholars ii biswas kare hae ki  Satavahana raj late 2nd century BCE me suruu bhas rahaa aur   early 3rd century CE talak chalaa rahaa, lekin kuchh log ii raajya ke suruuwat ke  3rd century BCE bataawe hae,  jon Puranas me likha hae, lekin iske koi archaeological sabuut nai hae. Satavahana samrajya me abhi ke  Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, aur Maharashtra rahaa. Kuchh-kuchh dafe uu log ke raj ke abhi ke Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, aur Karnataka talak barrhaawa gais rahaa. Ii raaj-kul ke dher dafe dher raajdhani rahaa, jisme Pratishthana (Paithan) and Amaravati (Dharanikota) rahaa.

Ii dynasty ke suruwaat ke baare me bahut kuchh nai jaana jaawe hae, lekin Puranas ke anusaar, uulog ke pahila raaja Kanva raaj-kul ke paltis rahaa. Maurya ke raaj ke baad, the Satavahanas  Deccan ilaaka me santi laae rahin aur bahaar ke invaders ke roke rahin. Khaas kar ke uulog ke larrai  Saka (Western Satraps) se, bahut din talak chalaa rahaa. Ii raaj-kul aapan taagat ke chotii pe   Gautamiputra Satakarni aur uske successor Vasisthiputra Pulamavi ke raaj ke niche pahunche rahin. 3rd century CE. talak, ii samrajya chhotaa-chhotaa  states me bat gay rahin.

Satavahanas uu pahila India ke raajya me se ek rahaa jon coin, jisme unke raja ke chitr rahaa ke nikaale rahin. Uulog Indo-Gangetic Plain aur southern tip of India ke biich me ek  cultural bridge banae rahin jisse  ideas aur sankriti ke ek duusre se share karaa jaae sake.

 Suruwaat 

TSatavahanas ke suruwaat ke date aur jagha ke baare me bahut nai jaana jaawe hae, aur iske raaj-kul ke naam bhi historians me vivaad ke topic hae.  Ii sab bahas  regionalism ke context me bhais rahaa, jisme aaj ke Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka aur Telangana iske aapan  original homeland of the Satavahanas ke claim karin hae.

 Naam 
 hoe sake hae Sanskritised versions,indigenous name  ke, jon  hae  Prakrit vernacular me.
References

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vibhag:India ke raaj-kul