Question

The coins of Gautami Putra Satakarni were found at
A. Ballari
B. Srikakulam
C. Kadalur
D. Vengi

Answer 1

Hint: Gautami Putra Satakarni was a ruler of 1st or 2nd century CE. Gautami Putra Satakarni ruled the Satavahana Empire which in current times is known as the Deccan region of India. The information known about Gautami Putra is derived from his coins. This state has a literacy rate of 78.40 percent.

Complete answer:
The coins of Gautami Putra Satakarni were found in Kadalur also known as Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. These Gautami Putra coins had the Satavahana inscriptions on them. The majority of the names of the coins were Pulumavi and Satakarni. The most famous coin from all these historic coins is known as The Nashik prashasti. This coin is a eulogy of the mother Gautami Balashri, which praises Gautami Putra Satakarni for all his achievements and edits him for his successful military conquests. The Deccan was covered with a huge amount of petty kingdoms and Rulers, who very often went at war with one another. After the ruling period of Satavahanas came into action, they for the first time made the Deccan into a powerful State and gave integrity to its history.

Thus, option (C) is correct.

Additional Information: All the Puranas that contains the family history also known as (genealogy) of Satavahana kings have mentioned Gautamiputra. According to Bhagavatam Puranas, Matsya Puranas, and Vishnu Puranas Gautami Putra Satakarni’s forerunner was known as Shivasvati. On the other hand, there have been no coin or inscriptional discoveries of Shivasvati.

Note: Even after all of the researches on the ancient history of India which has even extended for over more than a century, there is no connection yet found and the complete history of one of the biggest empires of the Deccan, Satavahanas. They haven’t left many monuments behind.