Traders Kings and Pilgrims — Social Studies STD 6 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6Social StudiesTraders Kings and Pilgrims2 Marks
Question
Write a short note on the Satavahanas of the western India.
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Answer
$1.$ Around $200$ years later $($of the muvendar or three new dynasties of the south India$)$ a dynasty known as the Satavahanas became powerful in western India.
$2.$ The most important ruler of the Satavahanas was Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni. We know about him from an inscription composed by his mother, Gautami Balashri. He and other Satavahanas rulers were known as lords of the dakshinapatha, literally the route leading to the south, which was also used as a name for the whole southern region. He sent his army to the eastern, western and southern coasts.
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