Agnimitra

Agnimitra (Sanskrit: अग्निमित्रः) (r. 149 – 141 BCE) was the second Shunga Emperor who reigned over what is now northern and central India.

[1] According to Kālidāsa in the Mālavikāgnimitra (Act IV, Verse 14), Agnimitra belonged to a Brahmin Baimbika family, the Puranas also mention him as a Shunga.

[2] The Mālavikāgnimitra, (Act V, Verse 20) informs us that he was the Goptri (viceroy) at Vidisha during his father's reign.

[3] [4] The play Mālavikāgnimitra gives us the names of three of his queen-consorts: Dharini (the mother of the fourth Shunga Emperor, Vasumitra), Iravati, and Malavika (a princess of Vidarbha).

Yajnasena was defeated and forced to divide Vidarbha with Madhavasena, and both cousins recognized the suzerainty of the Shunga rulers.