Satavahanas
- Succeded Mauryas in Deccan
- Brahmana rulers
- Gautamiputra Satkarni
- Vashisthiputra Pulimayi : Capital at Paithan
- Started the practice of granting tax free villages to Brahmanas and Buddhists
- Yajna Sri Satkarni
- Chaityas ( Buddhist temples) and Viharas ( monasteries) were constructed
- Most famous Chaitya - Karle in Deccan
- Show trace of matrilineal social structure
- Administration
- Ahara - District
- Officials - Amatyas or Mahamatras
- Galmika - Head of a small military regiment and to look after administration in rural areas
- Three grades of feudatories - Raja,Mahabhoja,Senapathi
- Language - Prakrit
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