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Satavahana coins and inscriptions in the Telugu country

Era: Mauryas & Satavahanas

Satavahana coins and inscriptions in the Telugu countryGodavariKrishnaAndhradesa - Kistna and Godavari districts (coin findspots, after Rapson 1908)Amaravati & DharanikotaAmaravati & DharanikotaGudivada (coins)SrikakulamChinna Ganjam (inscription of Yajna Sri, year 27)Kodavali (inscription of Chandasati, year 2)Myakadoni (inscription of Pulumavi, year 8)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

Where coins and inscriptions of the Satavahana kings have been found in and near the Telugu country, from the lead coins of the Krishna and Godavari districts catalogued by E. J. Rapson in 1908 to the royal inscriptions at Amaravati, Chinna Ganjam, Kodavali and Myakadoni. The shaded area is approximate.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: Sketch map of the dominions of the Andhras & Western Ksatrapas, c. 150 A.D. (opens in a new tab), E. J. Rapson, 1908 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. E. J. Rapson, Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the Traikutaka Dynasty, and the 'Bodhi' Dynasty (Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum) (opens in a new tab), British Museum, London, 1908, map (PDF p. 214); 2, 10-12, 20-47. Coin provenances, chiefly "Andhra-desa: Kistna and Godavari districts". [Public domain]
  2. Walter Elliot, Coins of Southern India (International Numismata Orientalia, Vol. III, Part 2) (opens in a new tab), Trübner & Co., London, 1886, pp. 23, 152b, Pl. II. [Public domain]
  3. James Burgess, The Buddhist Stupas of Amaravati and Jaggayyapeta in the Krishna District, Madras Presidency, Surveyed in 1882 (opens in a new tab), Trübner & Co. for the Archaeological Survey of Southern India, 1887, pp. 3-4, 61, 100-101, Pl. LVI. [Public domain]
  4. Jas. Burgess (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. I (1888–92) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1892, pp. 95-96. [Public domain]
  5. F. W. Thomas (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XIV (1917–18) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, Calcutta, 1918, pp. 153-155. [Public domain]
  6. H. Krishna Sastri and Hirananda Sastri (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVIII (1925–26) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, Calcutta, 1926, pp. 316-319. [Public domain]