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Satavahana kings 100 BCE–2nd c. CE
Simuka 100-70 BCE Kanha 70-60 BCE Satakarni I 70-60 BCE Satakarni II 50-25 BCE Sivasvati 1st c. CE Gautamiputra Satakarni 2nd c. CE Vasishthiputra Pulumavi 2nd c. CE Vashishtiputra Satakarni 2nd c. CE Shivaskanda Satakarni 2nd c. CE Yajna Sri Satakarni 2nd c. CE
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Shivaskanda Satakarni was one of the last rulers of the Satavahana dynasty in India. He succeeded Vashishtiputra Satakarni in 145 CE. His reign is dated variously: 154-161 CE, or 145-152 CE.

He was defeated twice in battle by his Western Satrap enemy Rudradaman.

Notes

1. Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya (1974), Some Early Dynasties of South India, Motilal Banarsidass, p. 63, ISBN 978-81-208-2941-1
2. Carla M. Sinopoli (2001), "On the edge of empire: form and substance in the Satavahana dynasty", in Susan E. Alcock (ed.), Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History, Cambridge University Press, pp. 166–168, ISBN 9780521770200
3. Encyclopedia of ancient Asian civilizations by Charles Higham p.299

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