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'''Tripartite Struggle (78 A.D)''' or '''Tripartite Struggle for Avanti'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Puratan.html?id=YyduAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&redir_esc=y |title=Puratan |date=1986 |publisher=Department of Archaeology and Museums, Madhya Pradesh |pages=598 |language=en}}</ref> over the control of the throne of Avanti, which during that time was equivalent to having imperial status over all of [[Aryavarta]]. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[File:Complete view of Inscription in cave at Naneghat.jpg|thumb|265px|The [[Naneghat|Naneghat inscription]]. Dated to 70-60 BCE, it mentions reigning king [[Satakarni I]], his queen Naganika, and his probable father [[Simuka]].{{sfn|Carla M. Sinopoli|2001|p=168}}]] | [[File:Complete view of Inscription in cave at Naneghat.jpg|thumb|265px|The [[Naneghat|Naneghat inscription]]. Dated to 70-60 BCE, it mentions reigning king [[Satakarni I]], his queen Naganika, and his probable father [[Simuka]].{{sfn|Carla M. Sinopoli|2001|p=168}}]] | ||
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==Kharvela Western Campgain== | ==Kharvela Western Campgain== | ||
[[Kharavela]] launched another military expedition, this time deliberately avoiding direct conflict with the [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana]] ruler. During this campaign, he subdued groups referred to as the Rathikas and Bhojakas, compelling them to submit to his authority. However, the campaign appears to have yielded no lasting territorial acquisitions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dr. Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi |url=https://archive.org/details/the-history-and-inscriptions-of-the-satavahanas-and-the-western-kshatrapas |title=The History And Inscriptions Of The Sātavāhanas And The Western Kshatrapas |date=1981 |pages=22–23}}</ref> | [[Kharavela]] launched another military expedition, this time deliberately avoiding direct conflict with the [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana]] ruler. During this campaign, he subdued groups referred to as the Rathikas and Bhojakas, compelling them to submit to his authority. However, the campaign appears to have yielded no lasting territorial acquisitions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dr. Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi |url=https://archive.org/details/the-history-and-inscriptions-of-the-satavahanas-and-the-western-kshatrapas |title=The History And Inscriptions Of The Sātavāhanas And The Western Kshatrapas |date=1981 |pages=22–23}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Saka–Satavahana Conflict== | ||
[[File:Gautamiputra Sri Satakarni overstruck on a coin of Nahapana.jpg|thumb|A coin of [[Nahapana]] restruck by the [[Satavahana]] king [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]]. Nahapana's profile and coin legend are still clearly visible.]] | |||
[[File:Saka-Yavana-Pahlava inscription in the Nasik cave 3 inscription of Queen Gotami Balasiri.jpg|thumb|The defeated "[[Western Satraps|Saka]]-[[Indo-Greeks|Yavana]]-[[Indo-Parthians|Palhava]]" ([[Brahmi script]]: '''{{script|Brah|𑀲𑀓 𑀬𑀯𑀦 𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀳𑀯)}}''' mentioned in the [[Nasik Caves|Nasik cave 3]] inscription of Queen Gotami Balasiri (end of line 5 of the inscription).<ref name="EI60">{{cite book |last1=Hultzsch |first1=E. |title=Epigraphia Indica Vol.8 |date=1906 |page=60 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56654#page/n75/mode/2up}}</ref>]] | |||
The Satavahana power was revived by [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]], who is considered the greatest of the Satavahana rulers.{{sfn|Charles Higham|2009|p=299}} The king defeated by him appears to have been the Western Kshatrapa ruler [[Nahapana]], as suggested by Nahapana's coins overstruck with names and titles of Gautamiputra.{{sfn|R.C.C. Fynes|1995|p=44}} The [[Nashik]] ''[[prashasti]]'' inscription of Gautamiputra's mother Gautami Balashri, dated to the 20th year after his death, records his achievements. The ''Nashik prashasti'' inscription states that Gautamiputra uprooted the [[Kshaharata]] (or Khagarata) family, to which Nahapana belonged. The Nashik inscription dated to the 18th year of Gautamiputra's reign states that he reaffirmed a grant of land to Buddhist monks living at the Triraśmi peak. This land was earlier in the possession of Nahapana's son-in-law [[Rishabhadatta]] (also known as [[Ushavadata]]), who had donated it to the monks.{{sfn|Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya|1974|p=77}} He ([[Gautamiputra Satkarni]]) claimed victory on them in an inscription at [[Pandavleni Caves#Cave No.3, "Gautamiputra vihara" (circa 150 CE)|Cave No. 3]] of the [[Pandavleni Caves]] in [[Nashik]]: | |||
{{quote|[[Gautamiputra Satkarni|Gautamiputra Satakarni]] (…) who crushed down the pride and conceit of the [[Kshatriyas]]; who destroyed the [[Saka]]s (Western Satraps), [[Yavana]]s ([[Indo-Greek]]s) and [[Pahlava]]s ([[Indo-Parthians]]),<ref>{{cite book |last1=V.D |first1=Mahajan |title=Ancient India |date=2016 |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=9789352531325 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA315 |language=en}}</ref> who rooted out the Khakharata family (the Kshaharata family of Nahapana); who restored the glory of the Satavahana race.|Inscription of Queen Mother Gautami Balashri at [[Pandavleni Caves#Cave No. 3, "Gautamiputra vihara" (2nd century CE)|Cave No. 3]] of the [[Pandavleni Caves]] in [[Nashik]].}} | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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* {{citation|last=Sharma|first=Ram Sharan|author-link=Ram Sharan Sharma|title=Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_E3K8fQoDgC|date=1991|isbn=9788120808270}} | * {{citation|last=Sharma|first=Ram Sharan|author-link=Ram Sharan Sharma|title=Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_E3K8fQoDgC|date=1991|isbn=9788120808270}} | ||
*{{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}} | *{{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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