Shunga Empire

Summary

Shunga Empire is a historical country^[1]. It draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (historical_country category, ranking #255 of 1,549).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shunga Empire's religion is recorded as Hinduism^[3].
• Shunga Empire is in the country of India^[4].
• Shunga Empire's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].
• Shunga Empire's instance of is recorded as historical country^[6].
• Shunga Empire's capital is recorded as Pataliputra^[7].
• Shunga Empire's official language is recorded as Sanskrit^[8].
• Shunga Empire's locator map image is recorded as Sunga-Border.jpg^[9].
• Shunga Empire's Commons category is recorded as Shunga Empire^[10].
• -0185-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shunga Empire^[11].
• Shunga Empire was dissolved in -0075-01-01T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Shunga Empire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.5923, 'lon': 85.1413}^[13].
• Shunga Empire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tdcy^[14].
• Shunga Empire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shunga Empire^[15].
• Shunga Empire's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300018880^[16].
• Shunga Empire's replaces is recorded as Maurya empire^[17].
• Shunga Empire's replaced by is recorded as Kanva dynasty^[18].
• Shunga Empire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shunga-script^[19].
• Shunga Empire's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as les-sunga^[20].
• Shunga Empire's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as shunga^[21].
• Shunga Empire's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 슝가 왕조^[22].

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Founding

-0185-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shunga Empire^[11].

Dissolution

Shunga Empire was dissolved in -0075-01-01T00:00:00Z^[12].

Why It Matters

Shunga Empire draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (historical_country category, ranking #255 of 1,549).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]