Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c14.1

c14.1

THE period during which the Sâtavâhanas or Andhrabhrityas ruled over Mahârâshṭra must have been a prosperous one in the history of the country Hence several traditions with regard to different kings of this dynasty have been preserved But that Sâlivâhana or Sâtavâhana was a family name has been forgotten, and different princes of the dynasty have been confounded and identified Thus Hemachandra in his Deśîkośa gives Sâlivâhana, Sâlana, Hâla, and Kuntala as the names of one individual, but we see from the list given above that the last two were borne by different princes, and both of them were Sâlivâhanas In his grammar he gives Sâlivâhana as a Prâkṛit corruption of Sâtavâhana