The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s6.54

v1.c7.s6.54

Undoubtedly, therefore, the Bhāgabhadra who was lord of Vidiśā in the 14th year of his reign was the last but one Śuṅga sovereign, the Bhāga or Bhāgavata of the Purāṇas. He reigned for thirty-two years, from 115 to 83 B.C., ten years before the Kaṇva usurpation in 74 B.C. The embassy of Heliodorus to the Court of Bhāgabhadra must, therefore, be assigned to c. 101 B.C. A margin of a year on either side may be allowed. As Apilaka reigned until 98 B.C., he was the Sātavāhana contemporary of Bhāga Śuṅga, and in his reign the Sātavāhana empire was shorn of the northern districts conquered by Sātakarṇi (II).