ABSTRACT
The Deccan can be characterized as that area of the Indian subcontinent where cultures meet. The eastern parts of the Deccan, with the low-lying hills and ranges is, characteristically, home to the land of wide fertile deltas and the plains of the rivers, Godavari and Krishna. Within the geographical entity of the Deccan, it is interesting to note that clear-cut sub-regional variations emerge and they need to be increasingly highlighted for any complete history of the Deccan to be achieved for all periods of its history. Interestingly, Mauryan inscriptional and other evidence is amply found in all the sub-regions of the Deccan except for the Telangana area. Kura and Hastin coins are important from the perspective of the western and southern Deccan and the Sada coins reveal the political profile of coastal Andhra after the Mauryan period and before the rise of the Satavahanas.
