Indian Epigraphy c15.t7.20

c15.t7.20

This popular fiction seems to have rested on the memory of the great Sātavāhana (Śālivāhana) king Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi who claims to have been the destroyer of the Śakas and other barbarians.³ The association of the Scytho-Parthian era with the name of another popular hero of Indian tradition and folklore, viz. Vikramāditya, should not therefore be looked upon as a unique case in the history of India. The Śālivāhana tradition appears to have been developed in the Kannaḍa-speaking areas of the Deccan, which apparently also contributed to the Śakāri Vikramāditya saga.