India/Bangladesh: A female fertility deity, Chandraketugarh, Sunga Dynasty, c. 2nd-1st century BCE. Photo by Sailko (CC BY-SA License). The Sunga Empire or Shunga Empire was a royal Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled vast areas of the Indian Subcontinent from around 185 to 73 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pusyamitra Sunga, after the fall of the Maurya Empire. Its capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also held court at Vidisha, modern Besnagar in Eastern Malwa.

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