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Pushyamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣyamitra Śuṅga) or
Pushpamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣpamitra Śuṅga) (ruled c. 185 – c. 149 BCE) was the
founder and the
first ruler...
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subcontinent from
around 187 to 73 BCE. The
dynasty was
established by
Pushyamitra,
after taking the
throne of
Magadha from the Mauryas. The
Shunga Empire's...
- The
Pushyamitras were a
tribe who
lived in
Central India during the 5th
century CE.
Living on the
banks of the
river Narmada, they are
believed to have...
- to 185 BCE, when he was
overthrown and ********inated by his General,
Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to
establish the
Shunga Empire. The
Mauryan territories...
- Finally, the text
narrates the
story of king
Pushyamitra, whom it
describes as a
descendant of Ashoka.
Pushyamitra ****cutes
Buddhist monks, thus
trying to...
- now
northern and
central India. He
succeeded his father, the
Emperor Pushyamitra in 149 BCE. The Vayu
Purana and the
Brahmanda Purana have ****igned 8...
- and its
monks killed by
Pushyamitra of
Mauryan lineage,
according to the
second century Ashokavadana. "Then King
Pushyamitra equipped a
fourfold army...
- Mauryas, Brihadratha, was ********inated by his
commander in
chief named Pushyamitra Shunga who went on to
found the
Shunga Empire in 185/184 BCE. Rulers-...
- rule, and
dissolved in 185 BCE with the ********ination of
Brihadratha by
Pushyamitra Shunga and
foundation of the
Shunga dynasty in Magadha. Chandragupta...
- Bactria,
Pushyamitra decided to take back the lost
territories of the
Subcontinent back from the Gr****s. Vasumitra, the
Grandson of
Pushyamitra Shunga was...