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After the Mauryas: Kushanas, Satavahanas, Sangam age

185 BCE – 319 CE

Key events

c. 185 BCE · PataliputraPushyamitra Shunga assassinates Brihadratha
c. 180 BCE · GandharaDemetrius I invades northwest India
c. 150 BCE · Udayagiri, BhubaneswarKharavela's Hathigumpha inscription
c. 150 BCE · SagalaMenander's reign; Milindapanha dialogues
c. 150 BCE · BharhutBharhut stupa railings carved
c. 113 BCE · VidishaHeliodorus Pillar at Vidisha
57 BCE · UjjainVikram Samvat era begins
c. 50 BCE · SanchiSanchi gateways carved
c. 28 BCE · MagadhaSatavahanas end the Kanva dynasty
c. 46 CE · Takht-i-BahiTakht-i-Bahi monastery founded
78 CE · Western IndiaSaka era begins
c. 100 CE · KarlaChaitya halls at Karla and Nashik
c. 124 CE · NashikGautamiputra Satakarni defeats Nahapana
c. 127 CE · PurushapuraKanishka's accession
c. 150 CE · JunagadhRudradaman's Junagadh inscription
c. 240 CE · MagadhaSri Gupta founds the Gupta line
c. 250 CE · NagarjunakondaNagarjunakonda flourishes under the Ikshvakus
c. 275 CE · KanchipuramPallava rule begins at Kanchi
c. 319 CE · PataliputraGupta era begins

Key terms

Periplus
A Greek word meaning ‘sailing around’ — the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, by an anonymous Greek sailor, describes trade on India's coasts. (NCERT Class 12, Kings, Farmers and Towns)
Sangam literature
Anthologies of early Tamil poems (c. first century CE) such as the Puranaruru, describing chiefs, bards and village life. (NCERT Class 12, Kinship, Caste and Class)

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