Siri Yana Satakani (b. n.d.; d. n.d.) was a ruler of the Satavahana dynasty, which ruled a region comprising parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra from the first to the third centuries CE. Historians speculate he is likely to have reigned in the second half of the second century.
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