The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s6.2

v1.c7.s6.2

I N attempting the history of Sātavāhana rule, we are treading on uncertain and controversial ground. It is more or less an essay in probabilities. An inscription here and a coin there, mixed-up relievo figures and doubtful architectural alinements, disputed synchronisms and uncorroborated Purāṇic texts, undated or insufficiently dated epigraphs with palaeography as the only guide to determine their sequence in time; this in brief is the nature of the material on which any history of the Sātavāhanas must be based.