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| birth_date = {{circa|305 BCE}}
| birth_date = {{circa|305 BCE}}
| death_date = {{circa|270 BCE}} Age• 35
| death_date = {{circa|270 BCE}} Age• 35

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Susima Maurya
Bornc. 305 BCE
Diedc. 270 BCE Age• 35
SpouseChanda
IssueNigrodha(Buddhist monk)[1]
HouseMaurya
FatherBindusara

Susima Maurya (also Sushima or Sushim) was a prince of the Maurya Empire and the eldest son and heir-apparent of the second Mauryan emperor Bindusara. He was next in line for his father's throne,[2] but was assassinated by his younger half-brother, Ashoka, who eventually succeeded Bindusara as the third Mauryan emperor.

Birth and family

Susima was the eldest son of the second Mauryan emperor Bindusara. Not only was Susima the crown prince, but also his mother was a princess as opposed to Ashoka's mother, Subhadrangi, who was a Brahmin’s daughter.[3]

Cultural depictions

References

  1. CUP Archive (1955). Rapson, Edward James (ed.). The Cambridge History of India, Volume 1. p. 500.
  2. Singh, Upinder (2009), A history of ancient and early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century (3rd impr. ed.), New Delhi: Pearson Longman, p. 331, ISBN 9788131716779
  3. Gupta, Subhadra Sen (2009). "Taxila and Ujjaini". Ashoka. Penguin UK. ISBN 8184758073.