Pushyamitra, after taking the throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also...

was the founder and the first ruler of the Shunga Empire which he established to succeed the Maurya Empire. His original name was Puṣpaka or Puṣpamitra...

The Shunga-Greek War comprised several conflicts between the Shunga Empire and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. It is predominantly based on the Sanskrit play...

Shunga or shunga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shunga is a type of Japanese erotic art. Shunga may also refer to: Shunga Empire or Śuṅga Empire...

22-24 Following his overthrowing of the Mauryan Empire, Pushyamitra Shunga established the Shunga Empire and expanded northwest as far as Sagala. According...

empire. The Maurya Empire would collapse in 185 BCE, on the assassination of the then-emperor Brihadratha by his general Pushyamitra Shunga. Shunga would...

overthrown and assassinated by his General, Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to establish the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories, centred on the capital of...

Look up Shunga, sunga, Sunga, or Śuṅga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sunga, or the Shunga Empire, was an Indian empire of the 2nd and 1st century...

Pushyamitra Shunga in a military parade without any heir. Hence, the great Maurya Empire finally ended, giving rise to the Shunga Empire. Reasons advanced...

Pushyamitra Shunga who went on to found the Shunga Empire in 185 BCE. Rulers- Magadha History of India List of largest empires List of Gupta emperors List of Indian...

ISBN 978-81-7099-552-4. The sceptre of Magadhan empire was borne successively by the Sisunagas, the Nandas, the Mauryas, the Shungas and the Kanvas from early fifth century...

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire on the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century CE to mid 6th century CE. It was the seventh...

The Chola Empire, which is often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, was a medieval thalassocratic empire based in southern India that was ruled by the...

which came to dominate India. Nevertheless, only with the Brahminical Shunga Empire (185 BCE–73 BCE) did the Brahmins gain some prominence in Maghadian...

This is a navigational list of empires. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links List of former...

dynasties based in the Magadha region, such as the Shunga dynasty and Kanva dynasty. The Gupta Empire is regarded as a golden age in subcontinental history...

was the sixth ruling dynasty of Magadhan Empire, established after Vasudeva Kanva overthrew the preceding Shunga dynasty and ruled from 73 BCE to 28 BCE...

from Agnimitra, the king of the Shunga Empire in overthrowing his cousin. He set out for Vidisha, the current Shunga capital, but was spotted by some...

(413–345 BCE), the Nandas (345–322 BCE), the Mauryas (322–184 BCE), the Shungas (184–73 BCE), the Kanvas (73–28 BCE), the Guptas (320–550 CE), and the...

that they all can trace their lineage back into the royal house of the Shunga Empire. Common symbols in the coinage of the Mitra dynasty include the tree-in-railing...

Indo-Greeks, and possibly the Panchalas and Mathuras. Extent of the Shunga Empire's wars with the Indo-Greek Kingdom figure greatly in the history of this...

VRISHNIS KUNINDAS INDO- GREEKS GRECO- BACTRIANS MITRAS ARJUNAYANAS MALAVAS SHUNGAS PANDYAS CHOLAS CHERAS LOULAN HAN DYNASTY Simuka is mentioned as the first...

Mauryan Empire in India collapsed when Brihadnatha, the last emperor, was killed by Pushyamitra Shunga, a Mauryan general who founded of the Shunga Empire. The...

VRISHNIS KUNINDAS INDO- GREEKS GRECO- BACTRIANS MITRAS ARJUNAYANAS MALAVAS SHUNGAS PANDYAS CHOLAS CHERAS LOULAN HAN DYNASTY The Buddhist text Mahavamsa (composed...

Dantidurga, it overthrew Chalukya Kirtivarman II and went on to build an empire with the Gulbarga region in modern Karnataka as its base. This clan came...

Dharma. — Ashoka, Rock Edict 13 After the overthrow of the Maurya Empire by the Shunga Empire, which did not extend to the north-western corners of the Mauryan...

The Kushan Empire (c. 30–c. 375 AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass...

political atmosphere in South India shifted from smaller kingdoms to large empires with the ascendancy of Badami Chalukyas. A Southern India-based kingdom...

of the Shunga empire led to a wave of persecution of Buddhists, and a resurgence of Hinduism. According to John Marshall, Pushyamitra Shunga may have...

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during late antiquity...