[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c42.72 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.72 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.72 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.72) Paithan has given several early punch-marked coins \[3.1\], coins of the Sātavāhanas and of Tiberius and Augustus, as well as Roman bullae \[6.4\] on the surface. During the Sātavāhana rule it was the capital town connected by trade routes to BHARUCH in the n.-w., Nanaghat in the w., and Tagarapura (TOR) in the s.-e. However after the fall of the Sātavāhanas it seems to have lost its importance. During the Chalukya-Rāṣṭrakūṭa period it does not seem to have regained its place of honour. However during the Yādava period it seems to have developed as a sacred place. The famous saint of Maharashtra Ekanātha (16th century) took \*samādhi\* here. - [Previous: v2.c42.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.71) - [Next: v2.c42.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.73) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nānāghāṭ](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nanaghat) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.72) · Pramāṇa