सातवाहन वंश
satavahan bharat ka ek rajavansh tha. jisane kendriy dakshin bharat par shasan kiya. bharatiy parivar, jo puranoan (prachin dharmik tatha kianvadantiyoan ka sahity) par adharit kuchh vyakhyaoan ke anusar, aandhr jati (janajati) ka tha aur dakshinapath arthat dakshini kshetr mean samrajy ki sthapana karane vala yah pahala dakkani vansh tha. is vansh ka aranbh sibhuk athava siandhuk namak vyakti ne dakshin mean krishnaa aur godavari nadiyoan ki ghati mean kiya tha. ise aandhr rajavansh bhi kahate haian.
itihas
vansh ke sansthapak vibhuk ne 60 ee॰poo॰ se 37 ee॰poo॰ tak rajy kiya. usake bad usaka bhaee krishna aur phir krishna ka putr satakarni pratham gaddi par baitha. isi ke shasanakal mean satavahan vansh ko sabase adhik pratishtha prapt huee. vah, kharavel ka samakalin tha. usane godavari ke tat par pratishthanagar ko apani rajadhani banaya. is vansh mean kul 27 shasak hue. ye hindoo dharm ke anuyayi the. sath hi inhoanne bauddh aur jain viharoan ko bhi sahayata pradan ki. yah maury vansh ke patan ke bad shaktishali hua 8 vian sadi eesa poorv mean inaka ullekh milata hai . ashok ki mrityu (sanh 232 eesa poorv) ke bad satavahanoan ne svayan ko svatantr ghoshit kar diya tha. pauranik pramanoan ke adhar par satavahan vansh ki utpati pahali shatabdi ee.poo. ke uttar kal mean bataee jati hai, lekin kuchh vidvan is vansh ko tisari shatabdi ee.poo ka bhi batate haian. aranbh mean satavahan vansh ka shasan pashchimi dakkan ke kuchh hissoan tak hi simit tha. nanaghat, nasik, karle aur kanheri ki gufaoan mean mile abhilekh aranbhik shasakoan simuk, krishnaa aur shatakarni 1 ke smriti chihn haian.
yuddh
aranbhik satavahan rajy ke samay se hi pashchimi tat ke bandaragahoan, jo us kal mean bharat-rom vyapar ke karan phal-phool rahe the, tak pahuanch aur pashchimi kshatrapoan ke rajy mean lage hone ke karan in do bharatiy rajyoan mean yuddhoan ka silasila lagabhag lagatar chalata raha. is sangharsh ke pahale charan mean kshatrap nahapan dvara nasik aur pashchimi dakkan ke any ilakoan par hamale se pata chalata hai. is vansh ke mahanatam shasak gautamiputr shatakarni (shasanakal, lagabhag 106-130 ee.) ne satavahanoan ki shakti ko punarjivit kiya. unhoanne kafi b de ilake par vijay prapt ki, jo pashchimottar mean rajasthan se dakshin-poorv mean aandhr tak aur pashchim mean gujarat se poorv mean kaliang tak phaila hua tha. 150 ee. se pahale kisi samay kshatrapoan ne inamean se adhikaansh kshetr satavahanoan se vapas chhin lie aur unhean do bar parajit kiya.
abhilekh aur sikke
gautamiputr ke bete vashishthaputr pulumavi (shasanakal, lagabhag 130-159 ee.) ne pashchim se shasan kiya. unaki pravritti poorv aur poorvottar mean vistar karane ki pratit hoti hai. vashishthaputr pulumavi ke abhilekh aur sikke aandhr mean bhi pae ge haian aur shivashri shatakarni (shasanakal, lagabhag 159-166 ee.) ki janakari krishnaa tatha godavari ziloan mean pae ge sikkoan se milati hai. shri yajn shatakarni (shasanakal, lagabhag 17 4-203 ee.) ke kshetr ke sikke krishna aur godavari ziloan, madhy pradesh ke chanda zile, barar, uttari aur saurashtr mean bhi pae ge haian.
aantim shasak
shri yajn satavahan vansh ke itihas mean aantim mahattvapoorn shasak the. unhoanne kshatrapoan par vijay prapt ki, lekin unake uttaradhikari, jinake bare mean adhikaansh janakari pauranik vanshavaliyoan aur sikkoan se milati hai, ne unaki tulana mean simit kshetr par hi shasan kiya bad ki mudraoan ke jari hone ke sthaniy svaroop aur unake pae jane vale sthanoan se satavahan vansh ke bad ke vikhandan ka pata chalata hai. aandhr kshetr pahale ikshvaku vansh ke hathoan mean aur phir pallav vansh ke pas chala gaya. pashchimi dakkan ke vibhinn kshetroan mean nee sthaniy shaktiyoan, jaise chutu, abhir aur kuroo ka uday hua. barar kshetr mean chauthi shatabdi ke aranbh mean vakatak vansh aparajey rajanitik shakti ke roop mean ubhara. is kal tak satavahan samrajy ka purnatah vikhandan ho chuka tha.
aitihasik kal
chauthi-tisari shatabdi ee.poo. mean dakkan mean uttari mauryoan ki upalabdhiyoan ke bavajood satavahanoan ke shasanakal mean hi is kshetr ka vastavik aitihasik kal aranbh hua. halaanki is bat ke spasht praman nahian haian ki vahaan koee keandrikrit prashasanik pranali a chuki thi, lekin poore samrajy mean ek vyapak mudra-pranali lagoo ki gee thi. is kal mean bharat-roman vyapak apane charamotkarsh par pahuanch gaya tha. isase aee bhautik samriddhi ki jhalak bauddh aur brahmanavadi samudayoan ko die ge udar sanrakshan se milati hai, jo tatkalin abhilekhoan mean varnit hai.