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Post-Mauryan Period - Short Trick

Sungas, Kanvas, Satavahanas, Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, scholars and art — one sentence each

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How to read
  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Sungas, Kanvas and Kharavela

The dynasties of Magadha in order, who ended whom, the Kanva kings, and key facts on the Sungas and Chedis.

Trick 1

Dynasties of Magadha

➜ in order

Mausi buys sugary kaju in Satara.

  1. 1Maurya
  2. 2Sungac. 185–73 BC · capitals Pataliputra and Vidisha
  3. 3Kanva (Kanvayana)about 45 years · only four kings
  4. 4Satavahana (Andhrabhritya)
Pairs

Last king — who ended the line

3 sentences

Brijesh lost his post to Pushpa the general.

Brihadratha (last Maurya)=Killed by his commander Pushyamitra Sunga (c. 185 BC) — Sunga dynasty

Dev lost his post to Vasu the minister.

Devabhuti (last Sunga)=Killed by his Brahmin minister Vasudeva (c. 73 BC) — Kanva dynasty (per Bana)

Sushma lost her post to Andy.

Susharman (last Kanva)=The Andhrabhrityas (Satavahanas) ended the Kanvas (Puranas)

Remember the chain: general → minister → Andhras.

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The four Kanva kings

➜ in order

Vasu’s bhaiya naps on Sunday.

  1. 1Vasudevafounder
  2. 2Bhumimitra
  3. 3Narayanason of Bhumimitra
  4. 4Susharmanson of Narayana · last
Pairs

Sungas and Chedis — key facts

3 sentences

Pushpa raced two horses.

Pushyamitra Sunga=Two Ashvamedha (horse) sacrifices — Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva · Patanjali (Mahabhashya) lived in his time

Bhagat saw a helicopter land in Vidisha.

Bhagabhadra (Sunga)=Heliodorus, envoy of Antialcidas, came to his court — raised the Garudadhvaja pillar to Vasudeva at Vidisha (Besnagar)

Kharbuja in the elephant cave

Kharavela (Chedi of Kalinga)=Hathigumpha inscription — Udayagiri near Bhubaneswar, Prakrit language, Brahmi script · patron of the Jainas

Under the Sungas the Sanchi stupa was repaired and enlarged and the Bharhut stupa completed · Kharavela’s capital was Kalinganagara.

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The Satavahanas

The main Satavahana kings in order, and how to identify each.

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Greeks, Sakas and Parthians

The order of the invaders from the north-west, and how to identify each.

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The Kushanas

The Kushana kings in order, and how to identify each.

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Scholars and Their Works

The writers of the post-Mauryan age and their works.

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Three Schools of Art

The Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools — material and hallmarks.

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