Q. Who among the following was described as “the destroyer of the Shakas, Pahlavas, and the Yavanas, as the uprooter of the Kshaharatas and as the restorer of the glory of the Satvahanas”?
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[A] Simuka

[B] Gautamiputra Satkarni

[C] Vashishthiputra Pulumayi

[D] Yajna Sri Satakarni

Answer: B
Notes:

Explanation: Gautamiputra Satakarni achievements are described and eulogised after his death, during his son Pulumayi II’s reign, in a Nashik Inscription of his mother Gautami Balashri (written in Prakrit).

In this inscription, he is described as the destroyer of the Shakas, Pahlavas, and the Yavanas, as the up rooter of the Kshaharatas and as the restorer of the glory of the Satvahanas.

Source: Poonam Dahiya

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