The Nasik prashasti, which praises Gautamiputra Satakarni, was issued by whom?
- A.Gautami Balashri, his mother
- B.Vashishthiputra Pulumavi, his son
- C.Hala, a later king
- D.Simuka, the founder of the line
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Gautami Balashri. The Nasik cave inscription praising Gautamiputra Satakarni was issued in the name of his mother Gautami Balashri, in the reign of her grandson. It calls the king the destroyer of the Shakas, Yavanas and Pahlavas, the ruler who stopped the mixing of the four varnas, and the lord of many hill ranges, and it records a grant of land to Buddhist monks. The claim about the varnas shows that the Satavahanas presented themselves as protectors of the Brahmanical order even while they gave caves and villages to Buddhist monasteries.
Option B, Vashishthiputra Pulumavi, was the reigning king when the record was engraved, but the inscription is issued in his grandmother's name. Option C, Hala, was the Satavahana king who compiled the Gathasaptasati and had no part in this record. Option D, Simuka, founded the dynasty long before Gautamiputra and could not have praised him.
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