📄 Revision sheet · YugMap
After the Mauryas: Kushanas, Satavahanas, Sangam age
185 BCE – 319 CE
Key events
| c. 185 BCE · Pataliputra | Pushyamitra Shunga assassinates Brihadratha |
| c. 180 BCE · Gandhara | Demetrius I invades northwest India |
| c. 150 BCE · Udayagiri, Bhubaneswar | Kharavela's Hathigumpha inscription |
| c. 150 BCE · Sagala | Menander's reign; Milindapanha dialogues |
| c. 150 BCE · Bharhut | Bharhut stupa railings carved |
| c. 113 BCE · Vidisha | Heliodorus Pillar at Vidisha |
| 57 BCE · Ujjain | Vikram Samvat era begins |
| c. 50 BCE · Sanchi | Sanchi gateways carved |
| c. 28 BCE · Magadha | Satavahanas end the Kanva dynasty |
| c. 46 CE · Takht-i-Bahi | Takht-i-Bahi monastery founded |
| 78 CE · Western India | Saka era begins |
| c. 100 CE · Karla | Chaitya halls at Karla and Nashik |
| c. 124 CE · Nashik | Gautamiputra Satakarni defeats Nahapana |
| c. 127 CE · Purushapura | Kanishka's accession |
| c. 150 CE · Junagadh | Rudradaman's Junagadh inscription |
| c. 240 CE · Magadha | Sri Gupta founds the Gupta line |
| c. 250 CE · Nagarjunakonda | Nagarjunakonda flourishes under the Ikshvakus |
| c. 275 CE · Kanchipuram | Pallava rule begins at Kanchi |
| c. 319 CE · Pataliputra | Gupta 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)
Next steps
Years are from YugMap’s records; dates marked c. are approximate. Printed from yugmap.com.