Sunga, 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 . 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

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

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Sastry, P V P. Satavahana Epoch, A new light, Second Edition, Hyd, 1997.

Sharma, I.K., Coinage of the Satavahana , 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 from Excavations, Nagpur, 1972

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Yazdani; G. (Ed) The Early History of Deccan, Vol-I, Oxford, 1960.