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Saatavaahan

Class 7 Social Science · Chapter 6: Punargathan ka Yug · NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond section 6.2

Seekho

Shungon ke dakshin, Saatavaahan (kabhi Andhra bhi) ne 2nd sadi BCE se Deccan ke bade hisse par raaj kiya: aaj ke Andhra Pradesh, Telangana aur Maharashtra, Amaraavati aur Pratishthaan (Paithan) jaisi raajdhaaniyon ke saath. Krishna–Godavari ghaati mein kheti phali, aur vyaapaar Roman saamraajya tak: masaale, kapda, chandan, moti aur haathi-daant baahar; kaanch aur sugandhit lep andar. Unke sikke, Gujarat se Andhra tak mile, aksar do mastool wale jahaaz dikhaate, unnat samudri yaatra ka saboot. Chungi aur kar khazaana bharte.

Saatavaahan raajkumaar aksar maata ke naam par: Gautamiputra Saatakarni matlab "Gautami ke putra Saatakarni". Unki maa, Gautami Balashri, shaktishaali raani thi jinhone Bauddh bhikshuon ko zameen daan di aur Nashik mein abhilekh khudwaaya. Pune ke paas Naneghat ke abhilekh ek vidhva raani ka varnan karte jinhone Vaidik anushthaan, ashvamedh bhi, kiye aur udaar daan diye; inmein praarambhik ank bhi jo hamaare kuch ankon jaise, is saboot ka hissa ki aadhunik ank Bharat mein shuru hue.

Saatavaahan Vaasudev (Krishna) ke upaasak the par sab sampradaayon ka saath dete: Vaidik vidvaanon aur Jain-Bauddh bhikshuon ko kar-mukt zameen di. Pahaadiyon mein khudi shaandaar Bauddh gufaayein, jaise Pitalkhora ki, unke samay ki; wahaan ek yaksh moorti par abhilekh kehta ise ek sunaar ne banaaya, jo dikhaata kaarigaron mein kai hunar the. 3rd sadi CE mein kamzor kendreey niyantran aur aarthik giraavat se saamraajya chhote raajyon mein toota.

Explore: Saatavaahan vyaapaari jahaaz.

  1. Har saamaan sort karo.

Yaad rakho

  • Saatavaahan ne Deccan par raaj kiya, Krishna–Godavari mein kheti aur Rome tak samudri vyaapaar.
  • Raaja maata ke naam par; Naneghat abhilekh praarambhik ank dikhaate; sab sampradaayon ka samarthan.

Quick check

Saatavaahan raaja ke naam mein "Gautamiputra" kya batata?

  1. unka naam maata Gautami par
  2. wo Yoonaani
  3. wo bhikshu
  4. Gautam shehar par raaj
Answer

unka naam maata Gautami par. Saatavaahan samaaj mein raajmaata mahatvapoorn.

Socho

Sikke itihaaskaaron ko kya bata sakte jo granth nahi?

Ek answer

Vyaapaar kahaan tak pahuncha (sikke kahaan mile), shaasak kya mahatv dete (chinh aur devta), unke naam-upaadhi, dhaatu, aur jahaaz-nirmaan jaisi takneek bhi.

Practice

Teen levels (easy, medium, hard) ke naye sawaalon se practice karo, kuch hands-on, hints aur hal ke saath. Topic poora karne ke liye pichhle 5 mein se 4 sahi karo.