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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sunga dynasty
		The Sunga dynasty ruled the Sunga empire of central and eastern India from 185 BCE to around 73 BCE.
		Pushyamitra Sunga became the ruler of the Magadha and neighbouring territories.
		The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty was overthrown by Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty in 75 BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sunga-dynasty (531 words)

	Sunga Empire - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The capital of the Sungas was at Pataliputra.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the Mālavikāgnimitram, a play by Kālidāsa which describes a battle between a group of Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign, in which the Indians repelled the Greeks.
		During the historical Sunga period (185 to 73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Barhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Sunga_dynasty (1177 words)

	Sunga Dynasty
		Pushyamitra Sunga became the ruler of the Magadha and neighbouring territories.
		Later Sunga kings were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at Bharhut.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Northwestern India are also found in the MÄlavikÄgnimitram, a play by KÄlidÄsa which describes a battle between Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, on the Indus river, in which the Indians defeated the Greeks and Pushyamitra successfully completed the Ashvamedha Yagna.
	www.algebra.com /algebra/about/history/Sunga-Dynasty.wikipedia (1340 words)

	Sunga Empire - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The capital of the Sungas was at Pataliputra.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the Mālavikāgnimitram, a play by Kālidāsa which describes a battle between a group of Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign, in which the Indians repelled the Greeks.
		During the historical Sunga period (185 to 73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Barhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sunga_Empire (1177 words)

	Behar - LoveToKnow 1911
		The remaining history of the dynasty is obscure; according to Mr Vincent Smith, its last represei tative was Mahanandin (417 B.C.), after whose death the throne was usurped, under obscure circumstances, by Mahapadma Nanda, a man of low caste (Early Hist.
		This dynasty, of which the history belongs to that of India, occupied the throne for 137 years.
		From the middle of the 14th to the middle of the 16th century a large part of Behar was ruled by a line of Brahman tributary kings; and in the 15th century another Hindu dynasty ruled in Champaran and Gorakhpur.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Behar (1392 words)

	Kanva Dynasty - Indian History
		The Kanva dynasty was a Brahman dynasty founded by Vasudeva Kanva, the minister of Devabhuti, the last Sunga king in 75 BCE.
		This period is said to have witnessed the rule of four kings extending to a period about 45 years.The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Sunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity in a corner of their former dominions.
		In 30 BC, the southern power swept away both the Kanvas and Sungas and the province of Eastern Malwa was absorbed within the dominions of the Satavahanas.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/kanva_dynasty.html (112 words)

	Sunga Encyclopedia
		Later Sunga kings were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at Bharhut.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Northwestern India are also found in the Mālavikāgnimitram, a play by Kālidāsa which describes a battle between Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, on the Indus river, in which the Indians defeated the Greeks and Pushyamitra successfully completed the Ashvamedha Yagna.
		Sunga empire was an Indian empire of the 2nd and 1st century BCE.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Sunga.html (2416 words)

	Sunga empire - Biocrawler
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brhadrata, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		During the historical Sunga period (185 to 73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Bharhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
		These stupas, however, are located quite far from the Sunga center of power, and it is questioned whether these works were due to the weakness of the control of the Sungas in these areas, or a late sign of tolerance on their part.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sunga_empire (442 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vidisha
		The town is situated east of the Betwa River, in the fork of the Betwa and Bes rivers, 10 km from Sanchi.
		The town of Besnagar, 3 km from present-day Vidisha on the west side of the river, became an important trade center in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, under the Sungas, Nagas, Satavahanas, and Guptas, and was mentioned in the Pali scriptures.
		Bhagabhadra was one of the kings of the Indian Sunga dynasty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vidisha (1333 words)

	Sunga Dynasty - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		In its aftermath, invaders fought for outlying territories in the north,...
		The Sunga Empire (or Shunga Empire) is a Magadha dynasty that controlled North-central and Eastern India from around 185 to 73 BCE.
		Its decline began fifty years after Ashoka's rule ended, and it dissolved in 185 BC with the foundation of the Sunga Dynasty in Magadha.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Sunga_Dynasty.html (170 words)

	Sunga Dynasty in India
		Sunga Dynasty(185 BC- AD 50) was established by Pushyamitra Sunga in 185 BC after murdering the last Mauryan king Brithadratha.
		Pushyamitra Sunga was a brahmin from Ujjayini and was also the commander-in-chief of the empire.
		During the reign of Pushyamitra Sunga the north-western regions comprising Rajputana, Malwa, Punjab, Afghanistan and Baluchistan, passed into the hands of the Greeks.
	www.india9.com /i9show/30738.htm (132 words)

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		The Nanda dynasty was established by an illegitimate son of the king Mahanandin of the previous Shishunaga dynasty.
		The Mauryan dynasty under Ashoka was responsible for the proliferation of Buddhist ideals across the whole of East Asia and South-East Asia, fundamentally altering the history and development of Asia as a whole.
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BC, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Magadha (1733 words)

	Sunga dynasty
		Later Sunga kings were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at Bharhut.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Northwestern India are also found in the MÄlavikÄgnimitram, a play by KÄlidÄsa which describes a battle between Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, on the Indus river, in which the Indians defeated the Greeks and Pushyamitra successfully completed the Ashvamedha Yagna.
		The script used by the Sunga was a variant of Brahmi, and was used to write the Sanskrit language.
	www.hotspotsz.com /Article_about-Sunga_dynasty (1356 words)

	Sunga Dynasty in India
		The great empire of the Mauryan dynasty came to an end when Brithadratha, the last ruler of the illustrious dynasty, was killed by Pushyamitra Sunga, his commander-in-chief.
		The Sunga Dynasty extended from regions comprising the present day Punjab in the north to the regions on the banks of the Narmada River in the south.
		Sunga Dynasty came to an end following the murder of Devabhuti, the last ruler, by his minister Vasudeva Kanva around the year 73 BC.
	www.india9.com /i9show/Sunga-Dynasty-24957.htm (198 words)

	Kanva dynasty:
		The Kanva dynasty replaced the Sunga dynasty in Magadha, and ruled in the eastern part of India from 71 BCE to 26 BCE.
		The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Sunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity in a corner of their former dominions.
		Little is known about the Kanvas; however, their dynasty was brought to an end by the Satavahanas of the south.
	www.winelib.com /wiki/Kanva_dynasty (108 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/History of India
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BC, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		From the 7th to the 9th century, three dynasties contested for control of northern India: the Pratiharas of Malwa and later Kannauj; the Palas of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan.
		One Rajput of the Chauhan dynasty, Prithviraj Chauhan, was known for bloody conflicts against the encroaching Islamic Sultanates, and the Rajputs in general, due to their location in the north of India, bore the brunt of this assault for centuries, successfully maintaining their kingdoms.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/History_of_India (7768 words)

	Sunga Dynasty - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The dynasty began after the last Mauryan king of Magadha, Brihadratha, was murdered by his general Pushyamitra.
		His successor, Agnimitra, kept the core of the empire together during his rule, which lasted about a decade, but later Sunga rulers allowed subordinate lords to issue their own coinage and function as independent kings.
		Increasingly pressured by rivals, the Sungas survived more than half a century longer before the last Sunga king was murdered, allegedly by his minister.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761593059__1/Sunga_Dynasty.html (205 words)

	Definition of Pusyamitra Sunga
		Pusyamitra Sunga was a Hindu monarch, deeply established in the tradition of orthodox Brahminism.
		The new Sunga ruler was attacked around 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, as they invaded large parts of northwestern and northern India as far as Pataliputra, with the effect of confining the Sungas to the eastern parts of India.
		Pusyamitra Sunga was succeeded in 151 BCE by his son Agnimitra.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Pusyamitra_Sunga (338 words)

	Sunga dynasty - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty was Brithadratha.
		He was killed by his own commander-in-chief Pusyamitra Sunga in 185 BCE.
		Agnimitra used to hold his court in the city of Vidisa, modern Besnagar in Eastern Malwa.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/u/n/Sunga_dynasty.html (170 words)

	SUNGAS,The Sunga rule,Indian Histroy,Pushyamitra Sunga
		And the claim made in the Hathigumpha inscription that Kharavela of Kalinga defeated Pushyamitra Sunga cannot be sustained because Kharavela ruled in the second half of the first century B.C. Later, Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra Sunga, defeated the Yavanas.
		The importance of the Sungas, therefore, was primarily in the context of cultural and social development.
		During the Sunga period, stone replaced wood in the railings and the gateways of the Buddhist stupas as noticed at Bharhut and Sanchi.
	www.civilserviceindia.com /subject/History/prelims/SUNGAS.html (936 words)

	Chakravarti - HinduWiki, a wiki about Hinduism
		Pushyamitra Sunga was the Hindu soldier in the Mauryan army.
		Akbar of the Mughal Dynasty was admired by people of all religions in his realm as and a result, the Mughal Empire expanded to its greatest heights under his rule.
		Shri Ikshvaku dynasty, the son of Ila of the Suryavanshi lineage after whom India was named in Hindu mythology he is said to have conquered the world.
	www.hinduwiki.com /index.php?title=Chakravarti (1174 words)

	Brhadrata
		He was assassinated in 185 BCE during a military parade by the commander-in-chief of his guard, the Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then took over the throne and established the Sunga dynasty.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of persecution for Buddhists, and a resurgence of Hinduism.
		It also triggered the 180 BCE invasion of northern India by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, who went as far as Pataliputra and established an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last close to two centuries until around 10 BCE, and under which Buddhism was able to flourish.
	www.dcult.com /Buddhism-(A-K)/Brhadrata.php (144 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		According to the Sri Lankan Chronicles, the Nanda dynasty was in power for mere 22 years, while the Puranas state that MahÄpadma ruled for 28 years and his eight sons for only 12.
		The Mauryan dynasty under Ashoka was responsible for the proliferation of Buddhist ideals across the whole of East Asia and South-East Asia, fundamentally altering the history and development of Asia as a whole.
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Magadha (1729 words)

	History of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BC, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		From the 7th to the 9th century, three dynasties contested for control of northern India: the Pratiharas of Malwa and later Kannauj; the Palas of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan.
		The Slave dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India approximate to the ancient extent of the Guptas, while the Khilji Empire was also able to conquer most of central India, but they were ultimately unsuccessful in conquering most of the subcontinent, until the onset of the Mughals.
	polaris.umuc.edu /~ogoga/History_of_india.htm (4908 words)

	The Dravidans, the Patriarchs of Hindu religion
		Sungas and the Kanvas are the descendants of this treacherous group, and they are proud of their white colour their cunning behavior and their act of betrayal.
		Similarly the first king of the Kanva dynasty, treacherously killed the last king of the Sunga dynasty who also had appointed him as a minister and he captured the political power.
		As the Persians (Iranians) were the worshippers of the sun, and the Sunga rulers also worshipped sun, it seems that the rulers of the Sunga dynasty were the Persians".
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/1412/brahmins.html (4689 words)

	Sunga
		Pusyamitra Sunga, a Brahmin, is recorded as having "destroyed monasteries and killed Monks" (Divyavadana, p429-434): 84.000 Buddhist stupas which had been built by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka were destroyed, and 100 gold coins were offered for the head of each Buddhist monk.
		It is much more likely that the Asokavadana is merely a legend of Pusyamitra's attack of the Mauryas, and reflects the fact that, with the declining influence of Buddhism in the Imperial court, Buddhist monuments and institutions would naturally receive less attention.
		During the historical Sunga period (185-73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Barhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
	buddhism.2be.net /Sunga (699 words)

	Pusyamitra Sunga - Definition, explanation
		Originally a general and commander-in-chief on the armies of the Mauryan empire, he assassinated the last Mauryan emperor Brhadrata in 185 BCE, and subsequently founded the Sunga dynasty.
		Pusyamitra Sunga was a Hindu monarch, deeply established in the tradition of orthodox Brahminism.
		The new Sunga ruler was attacked around 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, as they invaded large parts of northwestern and northern India as far as Pataliputra, with the effect of confining the Sungas to the eastern parts of India.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pu/pusyamitra_sunga.php (337 words)

	History Satavahana Empire - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
		The Sātavāhana dynasty belongs to Andra Maval, a region in western Maharashtra.
		In the Pūrānas and on their coins the dynasty is variously referred to as the Andhras, Andhrabhrityas, Sātakarnīs and Sātavāhanas.
		By this time the dynasty was well established, with its capital at Pratishthānapura (Paithan) in Maharashtra, and its power spreading into all of South India.
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/satavahana_empire.php (743 words)

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