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 Legend states that during his cremation, his body burned for seven days and nights.<ref>{{cite book |last=Strong |first=John |date=2007 |title=Relics of the Buddha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqAB6PKyP98C&pg=PA149 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |page=149 |isbn=978-81-208-3139-1 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=8 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508154548/https://books.google.com/books?id=xqAB6PKyP98C&pg=PA149 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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-The Vayu and [[Brahmanda Purana|Brahmanda]] Puranas mention three Mauryan rulers Bandhupalita, Indrapalita and Dasona whose identification is rather difficult.<ref name="AI">Sailendra Nath Sen; ''Ancient Indian History And Civilization''. New Age International. 1999. {{ISBN|978-8122411980}}. pg 152-154.</ref> It has been suggested that they may have been members of a branch line of the Maurya dynasty whom Dasharatha had appointed as [[Uparaja|viceroys]] for the convenience of administration.</ref> However, Smith also wrote that "there is no clear evidence to support [the] hypothesis."<ref name="TE">Vincent A. Smith; ''The Early History of India''. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1999. {{ISBN|978-8171566181}}. pg 193-207.</ref>
+The Vayu and [[Brahmanda Purana|Brahmanda]] Puranas mention three Mauryan rulers Bandhupalita, Indrapalita and Dasona whose identification is rather difficult.<ref name="AI">Sailendra Nath Sen; ''Ancient Indian History And Civilization''. New Age International. 1999. {{ISBN|978-8122411980}}. pg 152-154.</ref> It has been suggested that they may have been members of a branch line of the Maurya dynasty whom Dasharatha had appointed as [[Uparaja|viceroys]] for the convenience of administration. However, Smith also wrote that "there is no clear evidence to support [the] hypothesis."<ref name="TE">Vincent A. Smith; ''The Early History of India''. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1999. {{ISBN|978-8171566181}}. pg 193-207.</ref>
 The political unity of the Mauryan Empire did not long survive Ashoka's death.<ref name="AI"/> One of Dasharatha's uncles, [[Jalauka]], set up an independent kingdom in [[Kashmir]]. According to [[Taranatha]], another Mauryan prince, Virasena declared himself king in [[Gandhara]].<ref name="AI"/> [[Vidarbha]] also seceded. Evidence from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] sources confirm the loss of the north-western provinces which was then ruled by the Mauryan ruler [[Sophagasenus]] (Subhagasena, probably a successor of Virasena).<ref name="AI"/> There is also much modern speculation about a possible east–west division of the empire involving Dasharatha and another Mauryan ruler.<ref name="SII">Buddha Prakash; ''Studies in Indian history and civilization''. Shiva Lal Agarwala. 1962. pg 148-154.</ref>Epigraphic evidence indicates that Dasharatha retained imperial power in [[Magadha]].<ref name="THO">Kenneth Pletcher; ''The History of India''. The Rosen Publishing Group. 2010. {{ISBN|978-1615302017}}. pg 70.</ref>