Nashik prashasti
Also called: Nashik inscription, Nasik inscription of Gautami Balashri, Nasik prashasti · Topic: Post-Mauryan India: Shungas to Kushanas · NCERT: Class 7, Ch 6 "The Age of Reorganisation"
Meaning
The Nashik prashasti is an inscription in a Buddhist cave at Nashik in Maharashtra. A prashasti is a poem of praise for a ruler. Queen Gautami Balashri had it carved in the 2nd century CE, during the reign of her grandson Vasishthiputra Pulumavi. It praises her son, Gautamiputra Satakarni, and records a gift to Buddhist monks. It is a main source for Satavahana history.
Example
The inscription calls Gautamiputra Satakarni the destroyer of the Shakas, Yavanas (Greeks) and Pahlavas (Parthians). It also records that the queen gave a cave to the Buddhist monks.
Don't confuse with
- Naneghat inscription: near Pune. It records a widow queen's Vedic sacrifices and gifts, and it has early numerals.
- Hathigumpha inscription: Kharavela's year-by-year record at Udayagiri in Odisha.
Related concepts
- Satavahana dynasty
- Simuka
- Pratishthana
- Satavahana coins
- Yajna Sri Satakarni
- Nanaghat inscription
- Satavahana metronymics
- Gautamiputra Satakarni
- Gautami Balashri
- Vasishthiputra Pulumavi