GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Satavahanas ruled over the region which mainly comprised present-day Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. This is possibly why they are often referred to as the “Andhras” in various sources. Their capital was in Paithan or Pratishtan, in present-day Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-2: -In modern-day Maharashtra, the Satavahana Empire was supplanted by the Vakatakas while in Andhra Pradesh it was the Ikshvakus who were known to overthrow the Satavahana.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Satavahanas emerged out of the ruins of the Mauryan Empire that declined and disintegrated by the first half of the 2nd century BCE. The Andhra country and the Deccan at large had been under the sway of the Mauryans, and the baton was passed on to the Satavahanas and Chedi rulers of Odisha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maharashtra was ruled by the Maurya Empire in the 4th and 3rd century BCE. Around 230 BCE, it was taken over by the Satavahana dynasty, which ruled the region for the next 400 years.