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Shunga coup d'état
| Shunga coup d'état | |||||||||
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| Part of Maruyan coup d'état | |||||||||
 Sunga period masculine figurine, 2nd-1st century BCE, Guimet Museum | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mauryan Empire | House of Shungas | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Brihadratha Maurya X | Pushyamitra Sunga | ||||||||
Brihadratha Maurya, the last emperor of the Maurya dynasty, was assassinated in 185 BCE by his general, Pushyamitra Shunga, who then seized power and founded the Shunga Empire.[1][2]According to Bāṇabhaṭṭa's Harshacharita, Pushyamitra orchestrated a public display of the Mauryan army before Brihadratha, under the guise of showcasing its strength. In the midst of this parade, he killed the emperor in front of his troops and declared himself the new ruler.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Thapar, Romila (2013-10-14). The Past Before Us. Harvard University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-674-72651-2.
- ↑ A Comprehensive History of India: The Mauryas & Satavahanas. Orient Longmans. 1957.
- ↑ Lahiri, B. Indigenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D). pp. 24–25.
- ↑ Stadtner, Donald (1979). Śuṅga Capital from Vidiśā". Artibus Asiae.