Satavahana Dynasty - List of Rulers

List of Rulers

Puranic list of Satavahana rulers. This list, the most complete one with 30 kings, is based on the Matsya Purana.

• Simuka or Sisuka (r. 230–207 BCE).
• Krishna (r. 207–189 BCE), ruled 18 years.
• Sri Mallakarni (or Sri Satakarni) (r. 189–179 BCE), ruled 10 years.
• Purnotsanga (r. 179–161 BCE), ruled 18 years
• Skandhastambhi (r. 161–143 BCE), ruled 18 years
• Sātakarnī I (r. 143–87 BCE), ruled 56 years
• Lambodara, ruled 18 years.(r. 87–67 BCE)

Probably as vassals of Kanva dynasty (75–35 BCE):

• Apilaka, ruled 12 years.
• Meghasvati (or Saudasa), ruled 18 years.
• Svati (or Svami), ruled 18 years.
• Skandasvati, ruled 7 years.
• Mahendra Satakarni (or Mrgendra Svatikarna, Satakarni II), ruled 8 years.
• Kuntala Satakarni (or Kuntala Svatikarna), ruled 8 years.
• Svatikarna, ruled 1 year.

• Pulomavi (or Patumavi), ruled 36 years.
• Riktavarna (or Aristakarman), ruled 25 years.
• Hāla (r. 20–24 CE), author of the Gathasaptasati, an Indian literature classic, ruled 5 years.
• Mandalaka (or Bhavaka, Puttalaka), ruled 5 years.
• Purindrasena, ruled 5 years.
• Sundara Satakarni, ruled 1 year.
• Cakora Satakarni (or Cakora Svatikarna), ruled 6 months.
• Sivasvati, ruled 28 years.
• Gautamiputra Sātakarni, or Gautamiputra, popularly known as Shalivahan (r. 78 CE–102 CE), ruled 21 years.
• Vasisthiputra Sri Pulamavi, or Puloma, Puliman (r.102 CE–130 CE), ruled 28 years.
• Vashishtiputra Sātakarni (r. 130–160), or Shiva Sri, Sivasri, ruled 7 years.
• Shivaskanda Satakarni, (157–159), ruled 7 years.
• Yajna Sri Satakarni, (r. 167–196 CE), ruled 29 years.
• Vijaya, ruled 6 years.
• Canda Sri Satakarni, ruled 10 years.
• Pulomavi IV, 7 years.
• Madhariputra Svami Sakasena (r. c.190)