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- Born
- 230 BCE
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8 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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1 identifiers linking Simuka across the web's reference databases
8 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
1 identifiers linking Simuka across the web's reference databases
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Simuka was an ancient Indian king belonging to the Satavahana dynasty, which ruled the Deccan region. He is mentioned as the first king in a list of royals in a Satavahana inscription at Nanaghat. In the Puranas, the name of the first king is variously spelt as Shivmukha, Sishuka, Sindhuka, Chhismaka, Shipraka, Srimukha, etc. These are believed to be corrupted spellings of "Simuka", resulting from copying and re-copying of manuscripts.