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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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record thirteen kings of the
Pushyamitra dynasty and have been
placed in the 3rd
century of the
Common Era. The
Pushyamitras are only
known from the inscription...
- 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...
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subcontinent from
around 187 to 75 BCE. The
dynasty was
established by
Pushyamitra,
after taking the
throne of
Magadha from the Mauryas. The
Shunga empire's...
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Gupta rulers. It also
mentions the
conflict between Skandagupta and the
Pushyamitras as well as the Hunas. The
inscription is
written in 19 lines, starting...
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include the
Pushyamitras or the Hunas; an
alternative interpretation reads "yudhyamitras" (a
generic term for enemies)
instead of
Pushyamitras. The Mankuwar...
- read the name of the
enemies mentioned in the
Bhitari inscription as "
Pushyamitras", who
according to the Puranas, were a tribe, and
probably ruled an area...
- 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...
- ****cution of
Buddhists in
India took
place in the 2nd
century BC by King
Pushyamitra Shunga,
although it has been
continuously re****ed by many historians...
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about him. He is
credited with
successfully completing his
grandfather Pushyamitra Shunga's
Ashvamedha Yajna and
defeating forces of the Indo-Gr**** Kingdom...
