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...
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Pushyamitra Bhargav is an Indian politician, lawyer and social activist from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He...
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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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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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to 185 BCE, when he was overthrown and assassinated by his General, Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to establish the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories...
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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...
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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...
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last of the Mauryas, Brihadratha, was assassinated by his Senapati, Pushyamitra Shunga who went on to found the Shunga Empire in 185 BCE. Rulers- Magadha...
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455. Towards the end of his reign a tribe in the Narmada valley, the Pushyamitras, rose in power to threaten the empire. The Kidarites as well probably...
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now northern and central India. He succeeded his father, the Emperor Pushyamitra in 149 BCE. The Vayu Purana and the Brahmanda Purana have assigned 8...
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rulers. The Shunga dynasty was the seventh ruling house of Magadha. Pushyamitra Shunga, the Commander-in-Chief of Emperor Brihadratha Maurya, organized...
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rule, and dissolved in 185 BCE with the assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Shunga and foundation of the Shunga dynasty in Magadha. Chandragupta...
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play "Mālavikāgnimitram" by Kalidasa, which portrays events surrounding Pushyamitra Shunga. The Greek king Demetrius is regarded to have tried to invade...
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is a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. Based on some events of the reign of Pushyamitra Shunga, it is his first play. Mālavikāgnimitram tells the story of the...
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has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Brahmanism". Pushyamitra Shunga Ancient Iranian religion Hinduism in Iran Iranian mythology Rishikesh...
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of the Maurya dynasty, Brihadratha, was assassinated by his general, Pushyamitra Shunga, during a parade of his troops in the year 185 BC." Benjamin 2015...
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about him. He is credited with successfully completing his grandfather Pushyamitra Shunga's Ashvamedha Yajna and for defeating forces of the Indo-Greek...
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the Shunga emperor Pushyamitra Shunga who overtook the Mauryan Empire as an army general. It has been suggested that Pushyamitra may have destroyed the...
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commander-in-chief Pushyamitra Shunga took the throne. Buddhist religious scriptures such as the Aśokāvadāna allege that Pushyamitra (an orthodox Brahmin)...
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that Manu Smriti was written by a sage named Brigu during the times of Pushyamitra of Shunga in connection with social pressures caused by the rise of Buddhism...
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great Sanskrit poet of the times who was probably a contemporary of king Pushyamitra Sunga, has mentioned about the rituals of the temple in his works in...
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Persecution of Buddhists (section Pushyamitra Shunga)
consistent about the location of Pushyamitra's anti-Buddhist campaign and his death: "To judge from the documents, Pushyamitra must be acquitted through lack...
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grandson of Pushyamitra, accompanied by a hundred soldiers on the "Sindhu river", in which the Indians defeated a squadron of Greeks and Pushyamitra successfully...
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273 BCE Bindusara • c. 268 – c. 232 BCE Ashoka • c. 185 – c. 149 BCE Pushyamitra Shunga • c. 319 – c. 335 CE Chandragupta I • c. 335 – c. 375 CE Samudragupta...
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assassinated by Pushyamitra Shunga, the former senapati or "army lord" of the Mauryan Empire and founder of the Shunga Empire. Pushyamitra is alleged to...
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of the Maurya empire, Saketa appears to have come under the rule of Pushyamitra Shunga. The first century BC inscription of Dhanadeva suggests that he...
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then replaced by the subsequent Kanvas. The later Shunga Emperors after Pushyamitra Shunga, had little power and were puppets in the hands of their ministers...
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Municipal Corporation • Body Indore Municipal Corporation • Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav (BJP) • Municipal Commissioner Shivam Verma (IAS) • Member...
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occupation of Saket during the reign of the last Maurya ruler Brihadratha or Pushyamitra Shunga. Kashi coin, 400-300 BCE. The names of a number of rulers of Kosala...
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