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

 



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**Dynasties**

 Click on a dynasty to see the Ruler list

**NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST**

- [Indo-Greek / Yavanarājya \[c. 200 BCE–10 CE\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-Indo-Greek-Yavanar%C4%81jya)

**NORTHEAST**

- [Śuṅga \[c. 187 BCE-75 BCE\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-NORTHEAST)
- [Kāṇva \[c. 75 BCE-30 BCE\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-K%C4%81%E1%B9%87va)

**WEST**

- [Early Sātavāhana \[c. 120 BCE–50 BCE\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-Early-S%C4%81tav%C4%81hana)

**SOUTH**

- [Mahāmēghavāhana / Sada \[c. 50 BCE–100 CE\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-Mah%C4%81m%C4%93ghav%C4%81hana-Sada)



 

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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](https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/).

 See division of region [ here](/chronology#).



 

**Rulers**

**NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST**

SortIndo-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**

SortŚuṅga[\[1\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-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







 

SortKāṇva[\[2\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-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**

SortEarly Sātavāhana[\[3\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-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**

SortMahāmēghavāhana / Sada[\[4\]](#Sunga-Indo-Greek-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





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

<a>\[2\] Bhandare in Olivelle, 2011. p. 71 gives chronology based on the Puranas</a>

<a>\[3\] Ollett, 2017. pp. 189-190 </a>

<a>\[4\] Ollett, 2017, p. 191</a>

[see full bibliography](/bibliography#Sunga-Indo-Greek-bibliography)