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his brother and predecessor of empire.

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{{Short description|2nd century Satavahana King}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| image = [[File:Gautamiputra Rajni Shri Satakarni.jpg|250px]] [[File:Coin legend Yajna Sri Satakarni.jpg|250px]]
| alt = Yajna
| caption = Coin of Yajna Sri Satakarni, with coin legend in the [[Brahmi script]] (starting at 12 o'clock). [[British Museum]]
| succession = Last [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana King]]
| reign = 2nd century CE
|predecessor=Vashishtiputra Satakarni| successor = [[Vijaya (Satavahana)|Vijaya]]
}}
{{Satavahana}}
'''Yajna Sri Satakarni''' ([[Brahmi]]: '''𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀺 𑀬𑀜 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀓𑀡𑀺''' ''Siri Yaña Sātakaṇi''), also known as '''Gautamiputra Yajna Sri''',<ref>{{cite book |author=Pran Nath Chopra |title=Encyclopaedia of India: Andhra Pradesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfFtAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Rima |page=12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Vijaya Laxmi Singh |title=Ujjayini, a numismatic and epigraphic study |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmIWAQAAIAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Khama |isbn=978-81-85495-47-7 |page=121 }}</ref> was an Indian ruler of the [[Satavahana]] dynasty. He was the brother of Vashishtiputra Satakarni. His reign is dated variously: c. 152-181 CE,<ref name="SEA_2001">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBuPx1rdGYIC&pg=PA166 |title=Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History |editor=Susan E. Alcock |editor-link=Susan E. Alcock |chapter=On the edge of empire: form and substance in the Satavahana dynasty |author=Carla M. Sinopoli |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2001 |pages=166–168 |isbn=9780521770200 }}</ref> c. 165-195 CE,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOVpOG6MPMcC&pg=PA196 |title=History of Ancient India |author=Rama Shankar Tripathi |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |year=1942 |page=196 |isbn=9788120800182 }}</ref> c. 170-199 CE<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTZuAAAAMAAJ |title=Ancient period |editor1=Pran Nath Chopra |editor2=T. K. Ravindran |editor3=N. Subrahmanian |publisher=S. Chand |year=1979 |page=25 }}</ref> or c. 174-203.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofin00dani |url-access=registration |title=A Brief History of India |author=Alain Daniélou |author-link=Alain Daniélou |publisher= Inner Traditions |year=2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofin00dani/page/137 137] }}</ref>

He is considered to be the last great king of the Satavahana dynasty. He regained some of the territory lost to [[Shakas]] (the [[Western Satraps]]) under [[Vashishtiputra Satakarni]]. He defeated the Western Satraps and reconquered their southern regions in western and central India.<ref>"later Satavahana named Yajna Satakarni seems to have conquered the Southern Dominions of the Western Satraps. His coins contain figures of ships, probably indicating the naval power of the Andras. He not only ruled Aparanta, but probably also the eastern part of the Central Provinces". Majumdar, p. 135</ref> The Satavahana started to decline after Yajna Sri Satakarni, while the Western Satraps would continue to prosper for another two centuries.

==Coinage==
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File:Gautamiputra Yajna Satakarni.jpg|Coin of Gautamiputra Yajna Satakarni
File:Coin of Gautamiputra Sri Yajna Satakarni.jpg|Coin of Gautamiputra Yajna Satakarni
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==Inscriptions==
There are two inscriptions of Yajna Sri Satakarni at [[Kanheri]], in cave No.81,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=James|last2=Bühler|first2=Georg|title=Report on the Elura cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in western India; completing the results of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons' operations of the Archaeological survey, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80. Supplementary to the volume on "The cave temples of India."|date=1883|publisher=London, Trübner & Co.|page=79|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoneluraca00bhgoog}}</ref> and in the Chaitya cave No.3.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=James|last2=Bühler|first2=Georg|title=Report on the Elura cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina caves in western India; completing the results of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons' operations of the Archaeological survey, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1879-80. Supplementary to the volume on "The cave temples of India."|date=1883|publisher=London, Trübner & Co.|page=75|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoneluraca00bhgoog}}</ref>

In [[Nasik Caves]], Cave No.20 has one large inscription, claiming that the unfinished cave was completed by the wife of a great general named Bhavagopa, during the 7th year of the rule of king [[Sri Yajna Satakarni]], son of [[Gautamiputra Satakarni|Gotami]], after having been started by the ascetic Bopaki.<ref name="EI 93">Epigraphia Indica [https://archive.org/stream/EpigraphiaIndica/Epigraphia_Indica p.93 Inscription No.22]</ref><ref name="archive.org">{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=Jas|title=Archaeological Survey Of Western India|date=1883|page=114|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.35775/2015.35775.Archaeological-Survey-Of-Western-India}}</ref>

These inscriptions show that the Satavahanas were in possession of the areas of [[Kanheri]] and [[Nasik]] during the reign of Sri Yajna Satakarni.

He is also known from his coins, and from the mention of his name in the regnal lists of the [[Matsya Purana]], in which he is said to have ruled 29 years.{{Sfn|Rao|1994|p=14}}

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|state = {{{1<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}} align=center colspan=2 style="background:#D3D3D3; font-size: 100%;"| '''[[Nasik Caves]], Cave No.20 "Sri Yajna vihara" (circa 180 CE)'''
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Cave No.20 at the [[Nasik Caves]] has one large inscription, claiming that the unfinished cave was completed by the wife of a great general named Bhavagopa, during the 7th year of the rule of king [[Sri Yajna Satakarni]], son of [[Gautamiputra Satakarni|Gotami]], after having been started by the ascetic Bopaki.<ref name="EI 93"/><ref name="archive.org"/> There are similar inscriptions of Sri Yajna Satakarni in cave 3 and cave 81 at [[Kanheri]]. This means probably that the cave was carved in the end of the 2nd century CE. It also shows that the Satavahanas reclaimed the area of Nasik under Sri Yajna Satakarni. 
One more inscription over one of the small cellars mentions its gift by a lay devotee named Mamma.<ref name="EI 93"/> 
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Pandavleni Cave 20.jpg|Exterior
065 Cave 20, Buddha and Bodhisattvas (33584446680).jpg|Interior reliefs with Buddha and Bodhisattvas
066 Cave 20, Interior (33584444820).jpg|Interior
067 Cave 20, Cells (33584442420).jpg|Interior cells
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==References==
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* "A Catalogue of Indian coins in the British Museum. Andhras etc..", Rapson
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| width="30%" align="center" | Preceded by: '''[[Shivaskanda Satakarni]]'''.
| width="40%" align="center" | '''[[Satavahana|Satavahana ruler]]''' 2nd century CE
| width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by: '''[[Vijaya (Satavahana)|Vijaya]]'''
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[[Category:2nd-century Indian monarchs]]
[[Category:Satavahana dynasty|Yajna]]

==Book sources==
{{citation|title=History and Culture Of Andhra Pradesh: From the Earliest times to the present day|last=Rao|publisher=Sterling Publishers|year=1994|isbn=81-207-1719-8}}

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