Shirke

The Shirke is a Maratha clan descendant of satavahana dynasty

Shirke शिरके
Clan (Gotra) of Koli, Maratha, Agri castes
Ethnicity	Koli Maratha Agri
Location	Maharashtra Goa Karnataka
Parent tribe	Marathi people
Language	Marathi Koli Hindi English
Religion	Hindu
Surnames	Deshmukh Patil Nayak

History

Mahratta Satavahana dynasty, Satavahana were proto Mahrattas i.e. ancestors of modern day Marathas,

The Satavahanas were the Kshatriya Marathas. Out of the 96 clans of today's Kshatriya Marathas, Shirke, Satav, Bhoite, Vikhare are the descendants of the Satavahanas.

Rani Nayanika , the Marhatha Satavahana empress, carved a magnificent inscription twenty-two hundred years ago in a cave in Naneghat, Junnar. In the inscription of Nayanika related to Satavahana there is the word ""महारठिनोअंगियकुलवधनस".

Mahajanapada system existed in Hindustan during Mahabharata period and till some time later Maharashtra had Ashmak Mahajanapada when Maharashtra was ruled by Satavans. The history of Maharashtra says that the first name that comes before our eyes is that of the Kshatriya Maratha Satavahana kings, the creators of the state of Maharashtra.

The chief capital of the Satavahana kings was Jirnanagar (Junnar)

The vice- capital was Pratishthan (Paithan). The Satavahanas founded Maharashtra and protected Hinduism.

The great emperor Gautamiputra Satavahana of Shirkesatavahana dynasty defeated the Sakas and protected Maharashtra from foreigners.

The current descendant of the Satavahana family is Suyash Shirke Satavahana.

See also

• Satavahana dynasty
• Maratha
• Maratha Empire
• Maratha clan system
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• Bhonsle
• Gaekwad
• Scindia
• Puars
• Holkar
• Peshwa

References

Further reading

• S.R. Bakshi (1 January 2003). Advanced history of medieval India. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-81-7488-028-4. Retrieved 20 May 2011.