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Sunga, Kanva and Satavahana dynasties 5.1 Do you know Description Image Source The Satavahanas were the First historical dynasty in Deccan and ruled 456 years. The Satavahanas dominated the region located in between the South and North India. Hence it has been styled as “The bridge kingdom” and acted as a link or bridge between the two half of India. 5.2 Timeline Timelines Image Description 185 BCE Establishment of Sunga dynasty 75 BCE End of Sunga rule & Biginning of Kanva dynaty 30 BCE End of Kanva dynasty 5.3 Web links http://www.indianetzone.com/39/satvahana_kingdom.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosala#Kosala_in_post-Mauryan_period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satavahana_dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanva_dynasty http://www.historydiscussion.net/empires/satavahana-dynasty-rulers-administration-society-and- economic-conditions/736 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushyamitra_Sunga http://www.bharatadesam.com/history/satavahana_empire.php http://www.preservearticles.com/2011101815616/short-essay-on-satavahana-chronology.html http://www.gktoday.in/satavahana-empire/ http://www.indianetzone.com/10/ancient_sculptures_satavahana_empire.htm http://www.indianmirror.com/dynasty/satvahanadynasty.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_monarchs#Shunga_Dynasty_.28185.E2.80.9373_BC.29 5.4 Bibliography Bibliography Chand Chauhan, Gian, Origin and Growth of Feudalism in Early India, from the Mauryas to AD 650, New Delhi, 2004. Hanumanta Rao, B.S.L., Age of Satavahanas, Hyderabad, 1976. Pargiter F E, Dynasties of Kali Age, London, 1913 Raychaudari, H.C., Political History of Ancient India, 7th ed., Calcutta, 1972. Sastri, K.A.N (ed)., Comprehensive History of India, II, Bombay, 1957, rpt, Delhi, 1987. Sastri, K.A.N, A History of South India, Oxford, 1958. Sastry, P V P. Satavahana Epoch, A new light, Second Edition, Hyd, 1997. Sharma, I.K., Coinage of the Satavahana Empire, Delhi 1980 Sharma, R.S., Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Delhi 1968. Shastri A M., (ed) Coinage of the Satavahanas and Coins from Excavations, Nagpur, 1972 Verma, S K., Political History of Ancient India, Mangalam Publishers, Delhi 2009. Yazdani; G. (Ed) The Early History of Deccan, Vol-I, Oxford, 1960. .

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