Names of many kings belonging to different generations of Satavahanas have been found on the stone inscriptions. The Satavahana kings used the title king and the word ‘Putra’ at the end of their names. Putra is a word in Prakrit language, it means son. Gautami Putra means the son of Gautami. The names ‘Gautami’ and ‘Vasati’ are the feminine forms of the ’ tribes ‘Gotame’ and ‘Vasishta’ which were named by the Vedacharyas.