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[[File:Bharhut Sunga individual.jpg|thumb|Man on a relief, [[Bharhut]], Shunga period.]] | [[File:Bharhut Sunga individual.jpg|thumb|Man on a relief, [[Bharhut]] Stupa, Shunga period.]] | ||
According to historical reconstructions, the Shunga dynasty was established in 184 BCE, about 50 years after [[Ashoka]]'s death, when the emperor [[Brihadratha Maurya]], the last ruler of the [[Maurya Empire]], was assassinated by his ''Senānī'' or [[commander-in-chief]], [[Pushyamitra Shunga|Pushyamitra]],<ref>"Pushyamitra is said in the Puranas to have been the ''senānī'' or army-commander of the last Maurya emperor Brihadratha" The Yuga Purana, Mitchener, 2002.</ref> while he was reviewing the Guard of Honour of his forces. Pushyamitra then ascended the throne.{{sfn|Thapar|2013|p=296}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&q=brahmin+dynasties Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE By Patrick Olivelle, Oxford University Press, Page 147-152]</ref> | According to historical reconstructions, the Shunga dynasty was established in 184 BCE, about 50 years after [[Ashoka]]'s death, when the emperor [[Brihadratha Maurya]], the last ruler of the [[Maurya Empire]], was assassinated by his ''Senānī'' or [[commander-in-chief]], [[Pushyamitra Shunga|Pushyamitra]],<ref>"Pushyamitra is said in the Puranas to have been the ''senānī'' or army-commander of the last Maurya emperor Brihadratha" The Yuga Purana, Mitchener, 2002.</ref> while he was reviewing the Guard of Honour of his forces. Pushyamitra then ascended the throne.{{sfn|Thapar|2013|p=296}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&q=brahmin+dynasties Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE By Patrick Olivelle, Oxford University Press, Page 147-152]</ref> | ||