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Key facts
- Capital
- Pataliputra Besnagara
- Common languages
- Sanskrit
- Religion
- Brahmanism
- Government
- Monarchy
- C 185 c 151 bce
- Pushyamitra (first)
- C 151 141 bce
- Agnimitra
- C 131 124 bce
- Vasumitra
- C 83 73 bce
- Devabhuti (last)
- Historical era
- Ancient India
- Assassination of brihadratha by pushyami
- 185 BCE
- Assassination of devabhuti by vasudeva k
- 73 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Country
- India
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Pataliputra
- Official language
- Sanskrit
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- inception
- 0185-00-00
- Commons category
- Shunga Empire
- topic's main category
- Category:Shunga Empire
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0075-01-01
- replaces
- Maurya empire
- replaced by
- Kanva dynasty
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part of India
Bangladesh
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shunga Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.