Hindu monarch Pushyamitra Sunga, who dies in 151 or 149 BCE after ruling for thirty-six years, is succeeded by his son Agnimitra, the heroic prince of a famous drama by Kalidasa, one of India's greatest playwrights, composed in the Later Gupta period.
Agnimitra holds court in the city of Vidisa, modern Besnagar in Eastern Malwa.
