⚔ Conquest / annexation
Satavahanas end the Kanva dynasty
c. 28 BCE – present · 📍 Magadha
What it led to: The Kanva dynasty ended.
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1539Battle of Chausa
→ Humayun was defeated and escaped by swimming the Ganga.
1764Battle of Buxar
→ The Company defeated Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula and Shah Alam II together.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- c. 29 BCE Pali Canon written down at Aluvihare · Anuradhapura Kingdom
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Post-Mauryan PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 2
- Anuradhapura Kingdom 437 BCE – 1017Existed at the same time (425 years)
- Kushan Empire 30 CE – 375 CEExisted at the same time (195 years)
👑 Rulers 5
- Simuka 200–177 BCERuled it
- Satakarni I 180–170 BCERuled it
- Gautamiputra Satakarni 106 CE – 130 CERuled it
- Vasishthiputra Pulumavi 130 CE – 159 CERuled it
- Yajna Sri Satakarni 170 CE – 199 CERuled it
👤 People 1
- Nagarjuna active c. 200 CELived under it
⚔ Events 4
- Sanchi gateways carved c. 50 BCEHappened in it
- Satavahanas end the Kanva dynasty c. 28 BCEHappened in it
- Chaitya halls at Karla and Nashik c. 100 CEHappened in it
- Gautamiputra Satakarni defeats Nahapana c. 124 CEHappened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Amaravati Stupa c. 200 BCEA place of this polity
🔧 Technology 1
- Wootz steel Ancient and medieval periodsMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- The Image of the Barbarian in Early India Romila Thapar · 1971Research on this topic
- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200) Upinder Singh · 2004Research on this topic
- The Yavana Presence in Ancient India Himanshu Prabha Ray · 1988Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading