Shashanka

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Bengal ruler Indian ruler historical figure monarch

Shashanka was an early 7th-century Indian monarch regarded as the first significant independent king of Bengal and a key figure in the region’s political consolidation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maharajadhiraja Shashanka	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bengal ruler ⓘ Indian ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Gauda Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnasuvarna as royal seat ⓘ
capital	Karnasuvarna NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Bhaskaravarman NERFINISHED ⓘ Harsha NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCentury	7th century ⓘ
dynasty	Gauda dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCategory	7th-century Indian monarch ⓘ King in Bengal history ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early architect of regional state formation in Bengal ⓘ
knownFor	being the first significant independent king of Bengal ⓘ founding an independent kingdom in Gauda ⓘ political consolidation of Bengal ⓘ
languageRegion	Bengali-speaking region ⓘ
name	Shashanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	emergence of Bengal as an independent political entity ⓘ
politicalRole	consolidator of Bengal ⓘ independent regional ruler ⓘ
predecessorAsOverlord	Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
realm	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Gauda NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Bengal delta NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern India ⓘ
regionRuled	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignPeriod	early 7th century ⓘ
reignStartCentury	7th century ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
successorState	early medieval Bengali polities ⓘ
title	King of Gauda NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Gauda Kingdom → notableRuler → Shashanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maharajadhiraja Shashanka