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| succession = [[Shunga Empire|Shunga Emperor]] | | succession = [[Shunga Empire|Shunga Emperor]] | ||
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| successor = [[Agnimitra]] | | successor = [[Agnimitra]] | ||
| spouse = [[Devamala]] (also known as Devamati) | | spouse = [[Devamala]] (also known as Devamati) | ||
| issue = [[Agnimitra]] | | issue = [[Agnimitra]] | ||
| dynasty = [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] | | dynasty = [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] | ||
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Pushyamitra was originally a ''Senapati'' "General" of the [[Maurya Empire]]. In 187 BCE he assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor, [[Brihadratha Maurya]], during an army review, and made himself as an emperor. | Pushyamitra was originally a ''Senapati'' "General" of the [[Maurya Empire]]. In 187 BCE he assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor, [[Brihadratha Maurya]], during an army review, and made himself as an emperor. | ||
Pushyamitra is recorded to have performed numerous [[Ashvamedha]] campaigns to legitimize his right to rule. Inscriptions of the Shungas have been found as far as the [[Ayodhya]] (the [[Dhanadeva-Ayodhya inscription]]), and the ''[[Divyavadana]]'' mentions that his empire stretched as far as [[Sagala|Sakala]] ([[Sialkot]]) in the [[Punjab region]] in the northwest. | Pushyamitra is recorded to have performed numerous [[Ashvamedha]] campaigns to legitimize his right to rule. Inscriptions of the Shungas have been found as far as the [[Ayodhya]] (the [[Dhanadeva-Ayodhya inscription]]), and the ''[[Divyavadana]]'' mentions that his empire stretched as far as [[Sagala|Sakala]] ([[Sialkot]]) in the [[Punjab region]] in the northwest.The Buddhist texts state that Pushyamitra persecuted the Buddhists, although some modern scholars have expressed skepticism about these claims. | ||
The Buddhist texts state that Pushyamitra persecuted the Buddhists, although some modern scholars have expressed skepticism about these claims. | |||
== Ancestry == | == Ancestry == | ||
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[[File:SungaCoin.JPG|thumb|300px|Bronze coin of the Shunga period, Eastern India. 2nd–1st century BCE.]] | [[File:SungaCoin.JPG|thumb|300px|Bronze coin of the Shunga period, Eastern India. 2nd–1st century BCE.]] | ||
Pushyamitra Shunga was the hereditary ruler of [[Vidisha]]. It was incorporated into the Maurya Empire uptil his led [[coup d'état]]. | Pushyamitra Shunga was the hereditary ruler of [[Vidisha]]. It was incorporated into the Maurya Empire uptil his led [[coup d'état]]. | ||
[[File:Sunga map.jpg|thumb|Shunga Empire at it's peak]] | |||
[[File:AtlasIndoGreek.jpg|thumb|Indo-Greecian invasion during Shunga Period]] | |||
Several sources suggest that Pushyamitra was a [[Brahmin]] [[warrior]] and the 16th century Buddhist scholar [[Taranatha]] explicitly calls him a Brahmin king.{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|p=29}} However, the various sources offer differing suggestions about which Brahmin [[gotra]] (clan) Pushyamitra belonged to. A [[Purana|Puranic]] manuscript mentions persons who were born of "Shunga, a descendant of [[Bharadvaja]], by a woman married in the family of Kata, a descendant of [[Vishvamitra]]". Based on this, [[K. P. Jayaswal]] theorized that Shunga was a [[Brahmin]] with two gotras (''dwaimushyayana'' or ''dvigotra''): his family traced their ancestry to both Bharadvaja and Vishvamitra lineages.{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|pp=28-29}} The ''Pravara Kanda'' of the ''[[Apastamba]]'' mentions a "Shunga-Shaishiri" gotra. J. C. Ghosh theorized that the Shunga family derived from the Shunga of the Bharadvaja gotra, and the Shaishiri of the Vishvamitra gotra (Kata group).{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|p=30}}<ref>''Ghosh, J.C.,"The Dynastic-Name of the Kings of the Pushyamitra Family," J.B.O.R.S, Vol. XXXIII, 1937, p.360''</ref> | Several sources suggest that Pushyamitra was a [[Brahmin]] [[warrior]] and the 16th century Buddhist scholar [[Taranatha]] explicitly calls him a Brahmin king.{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|p=29}} However, the various sources offer differing suggestions about which Brahmin [[gotra]] (clan) Pushyamitra belonged to. A [[Purana|Puranic]] manuscript mentions persons who were born of "Shunga, a descendant of [[Bharadvaja]], by a woman married in the family of Kata, a descendant of [[Vishvamitra]]". Based on this, [[K. P. Jayaswal]] theorized that Shunga was a [[Brahmin]] with two gotras (''dwaimushyayana'' or ''dvigotra''): his family traced their ancestry to both Bharadvaja and Vishvamitra lineages.{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|pp=28-29}} The ''Pravara Kanda'' of the ''[[Apastamba]]'' mentions a "Shunga-Shaishiri" gotra. J. C. Ghosh theorized that the Shunga family derived from the Shunga of the Bharadvaja gotra, and the Shaishiri of the Vishvamitra gotra (Kata group).{{sfn|Lahiri|1974|p=30}}<ref>''Ghosh, J.C.,"The Dynastic-Name of the Kings of the Pushyamitra Family," J.B.O.R.S, Vol. XXXIII, 1937, p.360''</ref> | ||
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== Succession of the throne == | == Succession of the throne == | ||
Pushyamitra Shunga was succeeded in 148 BCE by his son [[Agnimitra]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |first=Sailendra Nath |last=Sen |publisher=New Age International, 1999 |year=1999 |isbn=978-8-12241-198-0 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA170}}</ref> | Pushyamitra Shunga was succeeded in 148 BCE by his son [[Agnimitra]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |first=Sailendra Nath |last=Sen |publisher=New Age International, 1999 |year=1999 |isbn=978-8-12241-198-0 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA170}}</ref> | ||
==Marriage and children== | |||
Pushyamitra Shunga abducted Princess [[Devamala]], the daughter of King Devakumara Raya Jadhava. In the inscriptions of Pushyamitra, she is unnamed but was named Devamala by [[Kalidasa]]. Agnimitra was the son of Pushyamitra and Devamala. | |||
== In literature == | == In literature == | ||