| In the world of shunga, the women are always wet, the men perpetually potent. |
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| The works confound stereotypes of Japanese etiquette, even as they update the tradition of the anatomically explicit shunga print. |
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| They had to compete with the Shunga Empire and then the Kanva dynasty of Magadha to establish their rule. |
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| Pushyamitra Shunga ruled for 36 years and was succeeded by his son Agnimitra. |
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| The Shunga rulers helped to establish the tradition of royal sponsorship of learning and art. |
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| The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, after the fall of the Maurya Empire. |
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| The empire began to decline after his death and the last Mauryan ruler, Brihadratha, was assassinated by Pushyamitra Shunga to establish the Shunga Empire. |
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| The Shunga Empire played an imperative role in patronising Indian culture at a time when some of the most important developments in Hindu thought were taking place. |
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