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ID: 8711842
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711842

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shunga Empire (former nation/state/empire)  Shunga Empire (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 083 39 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 83.6500  decimal degrees

Note: Territories controlled by the Shunga dynasty in North India, established by Pushyamitra Shunga (ca. 185-ca. 149 BCE).

Names:
Shunga Empire (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Shunga Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Shunga Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
empire (H)  ............  185-75 BCE

Sources and Contributors:
Shunga Empire..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Rai, Early History of India (1942) 138
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Kulke and Rothermund, History of India (2004)
..................  Rai, Early History of India (1942) 138
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Kulke and Rothermund, History of India (2004) 73

 

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