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    Shunga (春画) is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in woodblock print format. While rare, there are also extant...
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  • The Shunga dynasty (IAST: Śuṅga) was the fifth ruling dynasty of Magadha and controlled most of the northern Indian subcontinent from around 187 to 75...
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    Pushyamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣyamitra Śuṅga) or Pushpamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣpamitra Śuṅga) (ruled c. 185 – c. 149 BCE) was the founder and the first ruler...
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  • Look up Shunga or shunga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shunga is a type of Japanese erotic art. Shunga may also refer to: Shunga Empire or Śuṅga...
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    dynasty of Magadha, established after Vasudeva Kanva overthrew the preceding Shunga dynasty and ruled from 73 BCE to 28 BCE. Although the Puranic literature...
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    overthrown and assassinated by his General, Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to establish the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories, centred on the capital...
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    The Shunga-Greek War comprised several conflicts between the Shunga Empire and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. It is predominantly based on the Sanskrit play...
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    Shunga (Russian: Шуньга; Karelian: Šun’ga; Finnish: Sunku) is a large village in the Zaonezhie peninsula by Lake Putkozero in Russia's Republic of Karelia...
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    Pines'), a three-volume book of shunga erotica first published in 1814, and has become Hokusai's most famous shunga design. Playing with themes popular...
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  • Look up Shunga, sunga, Sunga, or Śuṅga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sunga, or the Shunga Empire, was an Indian empire of the 2nd and 1st century...
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