Ancient History of the Deccan c4.s1.t2.11

c4.s1.t2.11

In what epoch did these princes reign? It is certain that they succeeded the Śātavāhanas; in fact, the three documents prove that they reigned on the southern bank of the Kṛṣṇâ (particularly at Amarâvati) and in the Sâtâhani district; since the Śâtavâhana dynasty probably subsisted up to the first quarter of the III century, and since the Mâyidavôlu plates are certainly contemporaneous with those of Kondamûdi [it is certain that these plates were engraved, as we shall see, shortly after the fall of the Ândhras] it is probable that the king surnamed Bappa-dêva reigned in the second quarter of the III century (225-250 A. D.).