Who were shungas
In Harshacharit, they are said to be Aaya. Some scholars believe that the commander Pushyamitra has killed his king with a deception which can not be done by an Arya or a Kshatriya. Patanjali in Mahabashya and Panini in Ashtadhyayi has told Pushyamitra Shung as the Brahmin of Bharadwaj clan.Thereafter, many scholars agreed that Shung was the priest of Mauryan.
Pushyamitra Shung (185 BC-149 BC)
Last king of the Maurya dynasty, had appointed Pushyamitra Shung as his army commander.When Maurya Emperor Vrahdrath was observing military demonstrations then at that time the commander of the army, Pushyamitra Shung, killed him in front of the army.there are The two main reasons for this murder ,first that Pushyamitra wanted to destroy Budhism and establish Hinduism, and the second reason was that Yavan (under the leadership of Yawan Samrat Demetrius) had started infiltration in India. , Yavan had occupied areas of the Indus river of Bactria, Kandahar and Sakal (Sialkot).Vrahdrath did not pay attention even the request of Pushymitra Shunga.So Pushymitra had to kill Vrahdrath.Pushyamitra captured the throne and declaired himself the king of Magdha.
The Achievements of Pushyamitra Shunga
1. Vidarbha Victory- The governor of Vidarbha has rebelled and declaired himself a indepandent anministrator of Vidarbha. So Pushymitra Shung has sent his son to suppression of rebellion.
2.Yavan attack- Pushyamitra has to face two Yavana invasions during his reign, the first attack led by Demetrius and the second invasion led by Menandar.
Buddhist enemy
Pushyamitra Shunang was a staunch enemy of Buddhism.It is said that Pushyamitra Shung destroyed all 84,000 Buddhist stupas and burnt many Buddhist monasteries and killed many Buddhist monks.
Successor of Pushyamitra Shunga
Agnimitra (149 BC-141 BC)
Agnimitra was the son of Pushyamitra Shung, founder of the Shung Dynasty. After Pushyamitr, Agnimitra became the King of Magadha in 149 AD In the reign of the Shunga dynasty, he was the governor of Vidisha during the reign of Pushyamitra. After becoming the emperor, it made Vidisha its capital.
After Agnimitra Sujyesth,Vasumitra,Andhrak,Pulindak,Ghosh,Vrajmitra,Bhagbhadra become the emperors of Shung Dynasty.Devbhuti was the last king of this dynasty who was had been killed by Vasudev the founder of Kanva Dynasty.
I work in a private company, here is my accountant's post.Besides, I also have a YouTube channel whose name is 'Youtube Manoranjan'..
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon