Sunga and Indo-Greek Ascendancy [c. 200 BCE – 1 BCE]

Copyright © 1978 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, assigned 1988 to Joseph E. Schwartzberg, additional material copyright © 1992 by Joseph E. Schwartzberg.

See 1992 edition here.

See division of region here.

 

 

Rulers  

 

NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST

Indo-Greek / Yavanarājya (North-west region)

Demerius
c. 180 BCE-165 BCE
Menander
c. 166 BCE-150 BCE
Maues
c. 94 BCE
Azes I
about 58 BCE

NORTHEAST

Śuṅga[1] (North-eastern region)

Puṣyamitra Śuṅga
c. 187 BCE-151 BCE
Agnimitraḥ
c. 151 BCE–143 BCE
Vasujyeṣṭha (Sujyeṣṭha)
c. 143 BCE-136 BCE
Odraka (also, known as Andhraka, Etca.)
c. 126 BCE-124/119 BCE
Pulindaka
c. 122 BCE-119 BCE
Ghoṣa
c. 119 BCE-116 BCE
Vajramitra
c. 116 BCE-109/107 BCE
Bhāga (Bhagavata)
c. 109 BCE-83 BCE
Devabhuti
c. 83 BCE–75 BCE

 

Kāṇva[2] (North-eastern region)

Vāsudeva
c. 75 BCE-66 BCE
Bhūmimitra
c. 66 BCE-52 BCE
Nārāyana
c. 52 BCE-40 BCE
Susarmā
c. 40 BCE-30 BCE

WEST

Early Sātavāhana[3] (North-western India)

Vāsiṣṭhiputra Śrī Simuka Sātavāhana
c. 120 BCE-96 BCE
Kr̥ṣṇa
c. 96 BCE-88 BCE
Śrī Śatakarṇi
c. 88 BCE-42 BCE

SOUTH

Mahāmēghavāhana / Sada[4] (Amarāvatī Region)

Khāravela
mid-1st century BCE
Siri Sada
c. 20 BCE-10 CE
Mahā Sada
c. 10 CE-30 CE
Vijaya Sada
c. 30 CE-40 CE
Dhammarana Aśoka Sada
c. 40 CE-65 CE
Śiva Sada
c. 65 CE-75 CE
Śivamaka Sada
c. 75 CE-100 CE

 

[1] Bhandare, 2011. p. 70 offers a chronology based on the Puranas

[2] Bhandare in Olivelle, 2011. p. 71 gives chronology based on the Puranas

[3] Ollett, 2017. pp. 189-190 

[4] Ollett, 2017, p. 191

see full bibliography

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