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Post Mauryan Indian History Major Dynasties

Who ruled India after the Mauryan rule? = Sunga dynasty
The first “Brahmin dynasty”? =Sunga dynasty
The last Mauryan king? = Brihadatta.
Who killed the last Mauryan king and founded the Sunga dynasty? = Pushyamitra Sunga
The capital of the Sunga dynasty rulers? = Pataliputra (later they ruled with Vidisha as their capital)
Which king founded the Satavahana dynasty? = Simuka
The capital of the Satavahanas? = Amaravati
The best Satavahana king? = Gautamiputra Satakarni
In which year did the Kushana king Kanishka ascend to power? = 78 AD
Who issued the largest quantity of copper coins in North and Northwestern India? = Kushans.

Which Chinese commander defeated Kanishka? = Ben Chao
When did the Vikrama Era begin? = 56 AD
The famous Kalinga king, “Karavela”, belonged to which dynasty? = Chedi dynasty
The first Iranian king to rule in India? = Darius 1
During whose reign were coins named after “Mother God Uma” issued? = During the reign of the Kushans
Who engraved Buddha’s image on coins? = Kushans
Who was the first to issue “gold coin” in India? = Kushans.
Which Kushana king issued the first gold coin in India? = Vima Gadbisas.
Gandhara art = Indian art + Greek art.
The physician in Kanishka’s court? = Sarakar.
What religion did Kanishka follow? = Mahayana Buddhism
Who came to India from Central Asia? = In order (Indo-Greeks -> Scythians (Sagars) -> Parthians -> Kushans)
The Kushans belonged to a tribal dynasty called “Yuchi”.
Kanishka’s main capital was Peshawar , then called Purushpura.
After the capture of Pataliputra , he is said to have taken the Buddhist monk Ashvagosha with him to Peshawar.
Kanishka convened the Fourth Buddhist Council at Kundalvana in Kashmir.
He was very tolerant in his religious views, but supported Buddhism. His coins feature a mix of Indian , Greek, and Zoroastrian deities.
Asvokhosha is considered the first Sanskrit playwright.
Vasudeva I was the last great king of the Kushans.
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Sungas

The last king of the Mauryan Empire = Brihadratha.
Brihadratha’s commander = Pushyamitra Sunga.
The last king of the Mauryan Empire, who killed Brihadratha = Pushyamitra Sunga.
The founder of the Sunga dynasty was Pushyamitra Sunga.
The capital of Pushyamitra Sunga = Pataliputra.
The Sungai king who defeated the king of Bactria, Menander = Pushyamitra Sunga.
The Sunga king who defeated the invasion of the Kalinga king Karavela = Pushyamitra Sunga.
The religion followed by Pushyamitra = Vedic religion.
The Sunga king who performed the Aswamedha sacrifice twice = Pushyamitra Sunga.
Pushyamitra, the son of Sunga, was Agnimitra.
The author of the play “Malavikagnimitram” is Kalidasa.
The protagonist of the play “Malavikagnimitram” written by Kalidasa is Agnimitra, the son of Pushyamitra Sunga.
Agnimitra’s son = Vasumitra.
The book that mentions that Vasumitra, the son of Agnimitra, defeated the Greeks on the banks of the Indus River = Kalidasa’s Malavikagnimitra.
The period of rule of the Sunga dynasty = one hundred years.
The last king of the Sunga dynasty = Devabhuti.
The commander of the Sunga king Devabhuti = Vasudeva Kanvar.
The last king of the Sunga dynasty was the one who killed Devabhuti = Devabhuti’s general Vasudeva Kanvar.
The founder of the Kanvar dynasty is Vasudeva Kanvar.
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The second grammarian of Sanskrit language = Patanjali.
The second grammar book of the Sanskrit language = Yoga Sutra
Additional information:
1. The first grammarian of Sanskrit language = Panini.
2. The first grammar book of the Sanskrit language = Ashtadhyayi.
The king who supported Patanjali, the second grammarian of Sanskrit, was Pushyamitra Sunga.
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Number of kings in the Kanva dynasty = four.
Total years of rule of Kanva dynasty = 45 years.
The four Kanva kings were Vasudeva, Bhumiputra, Narayana, and Susarman.
The founder of the Kanva dynasty was Vasudeva Kanvar.
The last king of the Kanva dynasty = Susarman.
The last king of the Kanva dynasty, who killed Susarman, was the Satavahana king Simuka.
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The period during which the Kushans ruled in North India = 300 years.
The period during which the Satavahanas (Andhras) ruled in South India = 450 years.
The founder of the Satavahana dynasty was Simuka.
How many years did Simuka, who founded the Satavahana dynasty, rule = 23 years.
The person who succeeded Simuka to power = Krishna.
During whose reign the Satavahana kingdom rose to power = Krishna, Satakarni.
The Satavahana king who performed the Aswamedha sacrifice = Satakarni.
The greatest of the Satavahana kings = Gautamiputra Satakarni.
Gautamiputra Satakarni’s mother = Gautami Palasri.
“Nasik Meikirthi” (Prasasthi) was published by = Gautami Palasri.
Coins that speak of the maritime prowess and naval strength of the Satavahanas (Andhras) = Vasisthaputra Sripulamayi coins engraved with the shape of a ship.
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When Alexander left India, he appointed his regional governors to administer the areas he had conquered.
Among them, 2 satrapies (states) located in the eastern part = Bactria and Parthia (Day-dwellers).
Bactria became an independent state under the leadership of the satrap “Diodatus I”.
Parthia emerged as an independent state under the leadership of the Satrap “Arsaces”.

They settled in the northwestern part of India and, through intermarriage with Indians, assimilated into Indian culture.

He was the son of the Indo-Greek king “Yudithemis”.
The king of Macedonia was Demetrius I.
Issuer of square-shaped coins with bilingual inscriptions = Demetrius I.
Of the currency,
1. In the header = Greek language
2. There were also Kharoshti languages in the flower region.
There have been three people named Demetrius.
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The most famous of the Indo-Greek kings = Minander.
Milinda Banga is a book that tells about the conversation between the Bactrian king “Milinda” and the Buddhist monk “Nagashena”.
This king Milinda is said to be “Minander”.
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