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Mauryan Empire (320 BC - 232 BC)
Many historians believe that it was the first Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya who conquered the Deccan and extended the empire to include most...
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The Satavahanas (230 BC - 40 AD)
After the death of Ashoka, the Mauryan Empire started to disintegrate and their feudatories in the Deccan the Satavahanas started to declare indep...
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Western Satraps (40 AD - 80 AD)
The descendents or feudatories of Sakas,who ruled the North and Northwestern India in earlier centuries BCE, under their kings Bhumaka and later t...
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Satavahanas regain power (80 AD - 248 AD)
Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana and revived the Satavahana power. He regained the regions that Sakas had taken from his predecessors and ...
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Abhiras Rule (248 AD - 415 AD)
After the fall of Satavahanas, there is no historical information available on Pune. Based on the inscriptions found in Nasik, it is believed that...
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Traikutakas and Vakatakas (415 AD - 550 AD)
Considered to be a feudatory of Abhiras, Traikutas rose to power when the Abhira empire was disintegrating around 415 AD. At its peak the empire i...
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Early Chalukyas (550 AD - 760 AD)
It is believed that Early Chalukyas also known as Chalukyas of Badami ruled the present Poona district from about 550 to 760 century AD based on t...
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Books
Poona affairs (Elphinstone's embassy)
A Local History Of Poona And Its Battelfields
Pune: The City of God
Pune Heritage
Pune, Queen of the Deccan
Cuisine
Puran Poli
Batata Vada
Kaju Kothimbir Vadi
Pithla Bhakri
Misal Pav
Crafts
Copper and Brass Ware
Banjara Embroidery
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