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|caption=The Simuka inscription (photograph and rubbing) at the [[Naneghat|Naneghat Caves]], in early [[Pali script]]:<br><big>'''𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀸 𑀲𑀺𑀫𑀼𑀓 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀯𑀸𑀳𑀦𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀫𑀢𑁄'''</big><br>''Rāyā Simuka - Sātavāhano sirimato''<br>"King Simuka Satavahana, the illustrious one"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Jas |title=Report on the Elura Cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina Caves in Western India |date=1883 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.1544/1544#page/n5/mode/1up}}</ref> | |caption=The Simuka inscription (photograph and rubbing) at the [[Naneghat|Naneghat Caves]], in early [[Pali script]]:<br><big>'''𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀸 𑀲𑀺𑀫𑀼𑀓 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀯𑀸𑀳𑀦𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀫𑀢𑁄'''</big><br>''Rāyā Simuka - Sātavāhano sirimato''<br>"King Simuka Satavahana, the illustrious one"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Jas |title=Report on the Elura Cave temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina Caves in Western India |date=1883 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.1544/1544#page/n5/mode/1up}}</ref> | ||
| reign = | | reign = 3rd century BCE? | ||
| successor = [[Kanha (Satavahana dynasty)|Kanha]] | | successor = [[Kanha (Satavahana dynasty)|Kanha]] | ||
| issue = [[Satakarni]] | | issue = [[Satakarni]] | ||
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[[File:Complete view of Inscription in cave at Naneghat.jpg|thumb|260px|The [[Naneghat|Naneghat inscription]]. Dated to 70-60 BCE, it mentions reigning king [[Satakarni I] and queen Naganika, and his probable father, the "illustrious | [[File:Complete view of Inscription in cave at Naneghat.jpg|thumb|260px|The [[Naneghat|Naneghat inscription]]. Dated to 70-60 BCE, it mentions reigning king [[Satakarni I]] and queen Naganika, and his probable father, the "illustrious" Simuka.{{sfn|Carla M. Sinopoli|2001|p=168}}]] | ||
{{Satavahana}} | {{Satavahana}} | ||
Simuka is mentioned as the first king in a list of royals in a Satavahana inscription at [[Naneghat]].<ref name="Trübner & Company"/> The various [[Puranas]] have different names for the founder of the Andhra dynasty: Shishuka in ''[[Matsya Purana]]'', Sipraka in ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', Sindhuka in ''[[Vayu Purana]]'', Chhesmaka in ''[[Brahmanda Purana]]'', and Shudraka or Suraka in Kumarika Khanda of ''[[Skanda Purana]]''.<ref name="HHW_1868">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqk9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA194 |title=The Vishnu Purana |volume=IV |translator=H. H. Wilson |editor=Fitzedward Hall |publisher=Trübner & Co |year=1868 |pages=194–202 }}</ref> These are believed to be corrupted spellings of Simuka, resulting from copying and re-copying of manuscripts.<ref name="Ajay Mitra Shastri 1998 42"/> | Simuka is mentioned as the first king in a list of royals in a Satavahana inscription at [[Naneghat]].<ref name="Trübner & Company"/> The various [[Puranas]] have different names for the founder of the Andhra dynasty: Shishuka in ''[[Matsya Purana]]'', Sipraka in ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', Sindhuka in ''[[Vayu Purana]]'', Chhesmaka in ''[[Brahmanda Purana]]'', and Shudraka or Suraka in Kumarika Khanda of ''[[Skanda Purana]]''.<ref name="HHW_1868">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqk9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA194 |title=The Vishnu Purana |volume=IV |translator=H. H. Wilson |editor=Fitzedward Hall |publisher=Trübner & Co |year=1868 |pages=194–202 }}</ref> These are believed to be corrupted spellings of Simuka, resulting from copying and re-copying of manuscripts.<ref name="Ajay Mitra Shastri 1998 42"/> | ||