Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c10.s1.1

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c10.s1.1

"After the disintegration of the Mauryan empire, the Sātavāhanas rose to power in the Deccan and their rule extended" (Ibid, pp.46-47) in Dakshina-Patha comprising Karṇāṭaka, Mahārāṣṭra and Andhra Pradesh, almost all the table land below the Vindhyas. This period of Satavahanas witnessed the gradual growth of strogholds in and around their territories for the first time, (Desai, P.B. *et al*., 1970, PP. 48-49). Pliny mentions of a powerful king of Andhra country in Eastern Deccan possessing 30 walled cities with very big army. Vāsiṣṭhiputra Sri Pulumāvi son of Gautamiputra Śātakarṇi in

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