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Revision note: Post-Mauryan India: Shungas, Satavahanas, Indo-Greeks, Shakas and Kushanas

  • Shungas: Pushyamitra, Ashvamedha, Bharhut/Sanchi; Patanjali; Heliodorus pillar (Besnagar) – Bhagavata Greek
  • Kharavela: Hathigumpha inscription, Udayagiri, Jain patron
  • Satavahanas: Paithan; Gautamiputra Satakarni beat Nahapana (Nashik inscription); matronymics; first land grants; Karle, Amaravati; Hala's Gathasaptashati
  • Indo-Greeks: Menander (Milindapanho), portrait coins, Gandhara art seed
  • Shakas: Rudradaman's Junagadh inscription (150 CE), first long Sanskrit inscription
  • Kushanas: Kanishka (78 CE Shaka era), 4th council, Ashvaghosha, Charaka, Nagarjuna; gold coins; Devaputra
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