# Shashanka - First recorded independent king of Gauda

URL: https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/rulers/shashanka
Reign: 590 CE – 625 CE
Number in the list: 22
Dynasty: Gauda Kingdom (Shashanka)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashanka

List of rulers of Bengal prints 590-625. The Shashanka article gives 593-636 in the infobox and 'historians place his rule between 600 and 636' in the text. Capital Karnasuvarna. Fought Harsha and Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Post-Gupta Bengal (Later Guptas, Gauda and Vanga kings)](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/rulers/post-gupta-bengal-later-guptas-gauda-and-vanga-kings)
- Next in list: [Manava](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/rulers/manava)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 600 - [Shashanka Founds the Gauda Kingdom](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/timeline/600-shashanka-founds-the-gauda-kingdom)
- 606 - [Death of Rajyavardhana in the Gauda Conflict](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/timeline/606-death-of-rajyavardhana-in-the-gauda-conflict)
- 606 - [Harsha Crowned at Kannauj and Marches Against Gauda](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/timeline/606-harsha-crowned-at-kannauj-and-marches-against-gauda)
- 625 - [The Khadga Dynasty Rules Samatata and Vanga](https://allhistories.com/bangladesh/timeline/625-the-khadga-dynasty-rules-samatata-and-vanga)