Agnimitra

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Agnimitra was a prominent early ruler of the Shunga dynasty in ancient India, known from both historical records and Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play “Mālavikāgnimitram.”

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Agnimitra canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit play ⓘ
Shunga ruler ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
king ⓘ
associatedWith Dharini ⓘ
Kalidasa ⓘ
Malavika ⓘ
author Kalidasa ⓘ
capital Vidisha ⓘ
child Agnimitra ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInDynasty second Shunga king ⓘ
conflict Vidarbha succession struggle ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Shunga Empire ⓘ
culture ancient Indian ⓘ
describedIn Mālavikāgnimitram ⓘ
linked to: Malavikagnimitram

Puranas ⓘ
historical traditions of ancient India ⓘ
dynasty Shunga dynasty ⓘ
era post-Mauryan period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indo-Aryan peoples ⓘ
father Pushyamitra Shunga ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
governedTerritory Vidarbha region ⓘ
central India ⓘ
historicalStatus attested in literary sources ⓘ
partly legendary ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Sanskrit ⓘ
mainCharacter Agnimitra ⓘ
memberOf Shunga dynasty ⓘ
nativeLanguage Sanskrit (court language) ⓘ
notableFor appearance as protagonist in Kalidasa’s play Mālavikāgnimitram ⓘ
being an early ruler of the Shunga dynasty ⓘ
consolidation of Shunga power in central India ⓘ
notableWork Mālavikāgnimitram ⓘ
linked to: Malavikagnimitram
positionHeld King of the Shungas ⓘ
predecessor Pushyamitra Shunga ⓘ
region Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ruledIn Vidisha ⓘ
source Kalidasa’s Mālavikāgnimitram ⓘ
linked to: Kalidasa’s plays

Puranic king lists ⓘ
spouse Dharini ⓘ
Malavika ⓘ
successor Vasumitra ⓘ
successorStateOf Maurya Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shunga Empire → notableRuler → Agnimitra ⓘ
Shunga dynasty → notableRuler → Agnimitra ⓘ
Pushyamitra Shunga → successor → Agnimitra ⓘ
Pushyamitra Shunga → fatherOf → Agnimitra ⓘ
Pushyamitra Shunga → child → Agnimitra ⓘ
subject linked to: Agnimitra
Mālavikāgnimitram → mainCharacter → Agnimitra ⓘ
subject linked to: Agnimitra
Malavikagnimitram → mainCharacter → Agnimitra ⓘ