Benakataka
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Benakataka (बेनाकटक) was a city in Govardhana region of Nasika. V. V. Mirashi identified it with Pauni Bhandara district, Maharashtra.[1]
Origin
Variants
- Benakataka (बेनाकटक) (AS, p.643)
History
Gautamiputra Satakarni was a ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India. He ruled in the 1st or 2nd century CE, although his exact period is uncertain.
The location of Gautamiputra's capital is uncertain.[2] In the Nashik inscription dated to his 18th regnal year, he is described as the "Lord of Benakataka".[3] Carla M. Sinopoli identifies Benakataka as a place in the Nashik region.[4] V. V. Mirashi identified it with Pauni Bhandara district.[5]
बेनाकटक
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[6] ने लेख किया है ...बेनाकटक (AS, p.643) गौतमीपुत्र (शातवाहन नरेश, द्वीतीय शती ई.) के एक नासिक अभिलेख में इस स्थान को गोवर्धन (नासिक) में स्थित बतलाया गया है।
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References
- ↑ Ajay Mitra Shastri (1998). The Sātavāhanas and the Western Kshatrapas: a historical framework. Dattsons. p. 91. ISBN 978-81-7192-031-0.
- ↑ Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya (1974). Some Early Dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-2941-1. p.86
- ↑ Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya 1974, p. 78.
- ↑ Carla M. Sinopoli (2001). "On the edge of empire: form and substance in the Satavahana dynasty". In Susan E. Alcock (ed.). Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77020-0. p.177
- ↑ Ajay Mitra Shastri (1998). The Sātavāhanas and the Western Kshatrapas: a historical framework. Dattsons. p. 91. ISBN 978-81-7192-031-0.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.643