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	PUSYAMITRA SUNGA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pusyamitra Sunga was a Hindu monarch, deeply established in the tradition of orthodox Brahminism.
		The new Sunga ruler was attacked around 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, as they invaded large parts of northwestern and northern India as far as Pataliputra, with the effect of confining the Sungas to the eastern parts of India.
		Pusyamitra Sunga was succeeded in 151 BCE by his son Agnimitra.
	www.loadboston.com /Pusyamitra_Sunga (288 words)

	Pusyamitra Sunga - Buddhist Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pusyamitra Sunga (also Pushyamitra Shunga) was the founder of the Indian Sunga dynasty (185-78 BCE).
		The new Sunga ruler was attacked around 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, and they conquered the Punjab and ruled Mathura for a time, and may have campaigned as far as Pataliputra.
		Pusyamitra's kingdom of Magadha, and the capital of Pataliputra, was apparently attacked by king Kharavela of Orissa, who claims he made king "Bahasatimita" (thought to be a Sunga king Brhaspatimitra, or Pusyamitra himself) bow at his feet.
	buddhism.2be.net /Pusyamitra_Sunga (357 words)

	Sunga_dynasty info here at en.along-gasoline-alley.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Sunga dynasty was stabilized in 185 BCE, about 50 second childhood after Ashoka's death, when the rajah Brhadrata, the finishing of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the following commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga [1], while he was taking the Guard of Honour of their forces.
		Pusyamitra Sunga, a Brahmin, is believed by Buddhist scholars to have hostile towards Buddhists 'n allegedly persecuted the Buddhist faith.
		The Indo-Greeks 'n the Sungas assume to have reconciled 'n exchanged diplomatic missions neighboring 110 BCE, as connoted by the Heliodorus pillar, which records the dispatch of a Greek ambassador named Heliodorus, from the court of the Indo-Greek rajah Antialcidas, to the court of the Sunga rajah Bhagabhadra at the of Vidisha in foremost India.
	en.along-gasoline-alley.info /Sunga_dynasty (1643 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sunga Empire
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brhadrata, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		Pusyamitra Sunga, a Brahmin, is believed by Buddhist scholars to have been hostile towards Buddhists and allegedly persecuted the Buddhist faith.
		During the historical Sunga period (185 to 73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Barhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
	reference.com /browse/wiki/Sunga_Dynasty (1109 words)

	Sunga Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brhadrata, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the Mālavikāgnimitram, a play by Kālidāsa which describes a battle between a group of Greek cavalrymen and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign, in which the Indians repelled the Greeks.
		The Sungas were succeeded by the Kanva dynasty around 73 BCE.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sunga_Empire (1340 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pusyamitra Sunga
		Pusyamitra Sunga was a Hindu monarch, deeply established in the tradition of orthodox Hinduism.
		However, the Sungas may not have been vehement for at some point they also seem to have been involved in the building of a stupa at Bharhut.
		The new Sunga ruler was attacked around 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, and they conquered the Punjab and perhaps ruled Mathura for a time, and may have campaigned as far as Pataliputra.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pusyamitra_Sunga (547 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Indo-Greek Kingdom
		In India, the Maurya Dynasty was overthrown around 185 BCE when Pusyamitra Sunga, the commander-in-chief of Mauryan Imperial forces and a Brahmin, assassinated the last of the Mauryan emperors Brhadrata.
		Pusyamitra Sunga then ascended the throne and established the Sunga Empire, which extended its control as far west as the Punjab.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the MÄlavikÄgnimitram, a play by KÄlidÄsa which describes a battle between Greek forces and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Indo-Greek_Kingdom (6629 words)

	Pusyamitra_sunga info here at en.articles-on-parenting.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Sunga ruler was attacked antecedent 180 BCE by the Greek rulers of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, 'n they conquered the Punjab 'n perchance ruled Mathura for a time, 'n may have campaigned as far as Pataliputra.
		Pusyamitra's kingdom of Magadha, 'n the capital of Pataliputra, was attacked by emperor Kharavela of Orissa, who requisitions he made emperor "Bahasatimita" (thought to be a Sunga emperor Brhaspatimitra, or Pusyamitra himself) bow at their feet.
		Pusyamitra Sunga was succeeded in 151 BCE by their son Agnimitra.
	en.articles-on-parenting.info /Pusyamitra_Sunga (487 words)

	Sunga empire - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Approximate greatest extent of the Sunga empire (185 BCE-73 BCE)
		The last of the Sunga kings was Devabhuti.
		You can find it there under the keyword Sunga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunga)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sungaandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sunga (522 words)

	Brhadrata
		He was assassinated in 185 BCE during a military parade by the commander-in-chief of his guard, the Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then took over the throne and established the Sunga dynasty.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of persecution for Buddhists, and a resurgence of Hinduism.
		It also triggered the 180 BCE invasion of northern India by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, who went as far as Pataliputra and established an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last close to two centuries until around 10 BCE, and under which Buddhism was able to flourish.
	207.150.180.135 /Brhadrata (154 words)

	History of Pakistan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He was assassinated in 185 BCE by his Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who made himself the ruler and established the Sunga dynasty.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of decline of Buddhists in eastern South Asia, but not in what is today Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		The Sunga persecution also triggered the 180 BCE invasion of northern India by the king Demetrius (the son of theGreco-Bactrian king Euthydemus) going as far as Pataliputra and established an Indo-Greek kingdom that lasted nearly two centuries, until around 10 BCE.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Pakistan (9099 words)

	History of India Encyclopedia Article @ HowProphetic.com (How Prophetic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty was overthrown by Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty in 75 BC.
		In 30 BC, the southern power swept away both the Kanvas and Sungas and the province of Eastern Malwa was absorbed within the dominions of the conqueror.
	www.howprophetic.com /encyclopedia/History_of_India (5607 words)

	Ashoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the year 185 BC, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, the last Mauryan ruler, Brhadrata, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
		Pusyamitra Sunga founded the Sunga dynasty (185 BC-78 BC) and ruled just a fragmented part of the Mauryan Empire.
		Not until some 2000 years later under Akbar the Great and his grandson Aurangzeb would as large a portion of the subcontinent as that ruled by Ashoka again be united under a single ruler.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Asoka (2276 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - History of Buddhism
		There is also a legend, not directly validated by the edicts, that Ashoka sent a missionary to the north, through the Himalayas, to Khotan in the Tarim Basin, then the land of the Tocharians, speakers of an Indo-European language.
		An orthodox Brahmin, Sunga was allegedly hostile towards Buddhists and allegedly persecuted the Buddhist faith.
		The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I invaded India in 180 BCE as far as Pataliputra, establishing an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last in various part of northern India until the end of the 1st century BCE.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=History_of_Buddhism (6417 words)

	Mauryan Empire Encyclopedia Article @ Dishonour.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mauryan Empire was perhaps the greatest empire to rule the Indian subcontinent until the arrival of the British.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of persecution for Buddhists
		Although the extent of their successes against indigenous powers such as the Sungas, Satavahanas, and Kalingas are unclear, what is clear is that Scythian tribes, renamed Indo-Scythians, brought about the demise of the Indo-Greeks from around 70 BCE and retained lands in the trans-Indus, the region of Mathura, and Gujarat.
	www.dishonour.net /encyclopedia/Mauryan_Empire (6014 words)

	Sunga - Buddhist Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pusyamitra Sunga, a Brahmin, was believed by Buddhist scholars to be hostile towards Buddhists and allegedly persecuted the Buddhist faith.
		The Indo-Greeks and the Sungas seem to have reconciled and exchanged diplomatic missions around 110 BCE, as indicated by the Heliodorus pillar, which records the dispatch of a Greek ambassador named Heliodorus, from the court of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas, to the court of the
		Sunga king Bhagabhadra at the site of Vidisha in central India.
	buddhism.2be.net /Sunga (487 words)

	Shunga Dynasty - Indian History
		The last Mauryan king Brithadratha was killed by his commander-in-chief Pushyamitra Sunga in 185 BC.
		Pushyamitra Sunga a brahamin from Ujjayini, became the ruler of the Magadha and neighbouring territories.
		The Sunga dynasty lasted for about one century and was then overthrown by the Brahman minister Vasudeva, who founded the Kanva dynasty
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/shunga_dynasty.html (193 words)

	Pusyamitra Sunga
		When Alexander the Great conquered the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent in 326 BCE, he allied with king Ambhi of Taxila (called Taxiles or Omphis in Greek sources), and with his support managed to subdue king Porus of Pauravas, a state of eastern Punjab, defeating him at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
		From that point on, and in the space of a few centuries, Mahayana was to flourish and spread in the East from India to South-East Asia, and towards the north to Central Asia, China, Korea, and finally to Japan in 538 CE.
		He was assassinated in 185 BCE during a military parade by the commander-in-chief of his guard, the Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then took over the...
	www.experiencefestival.com /pusyamitra_sunga/page/3 (1417 words)

	El sistema de escritura sunga es una de las muchas variantes que produjo el brahmi
		El sistema de escritura sunga es una de las muchas variantes que produjo el brahmi.
		Pusyamitra, quien al parecer era brahmán, fue el fundador de la dinastía Sunga, que perduró hasta el 72 a.
		El período de los Sunga y los Kanva fue la época del avivamiento del sánscrito en el Indostán.
	www.proel.org /alfabetos/sunga.html (269 words)

	Indian Odysseys.com - Varanasi History Page Two
		The Maurya dynasty was succeeded by that of the Sungas in a major part of north India.
		The founder of the dynasty, Pusyamitra Sunga, a former commander of the Mauryan army, successfully repelled the invading armies of the Indo-Greeks then occupying the north-western regions of the subcontinent.
		The post-Sunga period was marked by the rise of local kingdoms in U.P. that even issued their own coinage.
	www.indianodysseys.com /up/varanasi/sp_varhis2.asp (351 words)

	History Indo-greek Kingdom - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
		General Pusyamitra Sunga had destroyed the ruling Mauryan King and had recently founded the Sunga dynasty (185–78 BCE).
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the Malavikagnimitra, a play by Kalidasa which describes a battle between Greek forces and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign.
		The first invasion was completed by 175 BCE, as the Indo-Greeks contained the Sungas to the area eastward of Pataliputra, and established their rule on the new territory.
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/indo-greek_kingdom.php (4421 words)

	Wikinfo \| Greek Conquests in India
		They are an extension of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek kings (the Euthydemids) located in neighbouring Bactria.
		The invasion of northern India followed the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then founded the new Indian Sunga dynasty (185 BCE-78 BCE).
		The Indo-Greeks ruled various part of northern and northwestern India until the end of the 1st century BC, while the Sungas remained in the east.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Greek_Conquests_in_India (739 words)

	Saka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Kalika Purana, one of the Upa-Puranas of the Hindus, refers to a war between Brahmanical king Kalika (supposed to be Pusyamitra Sunga) and Buddhist king Kali (supposed to be Maurya king Brihadratha (187-180 BCE)) and states the Shakas, Kambojas, Khasas etc as a powerful military allies of king Kali.
		The Vanaparava of the Mahabharata contains verses in the form of prophecy that the kings of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas, Bahlikas and Abhiras etc shall rule unrighteously in Kaliyuga (MBH 3/188/34-36).
		This reference apparently alludes to the precarious political scenario following the collapse of Mauryan and Sunga dynasties in northern India and its occupation by foreign hordes of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas and Pahlavas.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/a/k/Saka.html (1922 words)

	The Impact of the Aryans and Vedas on the Religions of India
		Pusyamitra was a supporter of the orthodox faith and revived the ancient Vedic sacrifices, including the horse sacrifice.
		Most scholars agree that the Sungas were the ancestors of the Brahmins, though they were not called Brahmins at this time.
		The Sungas were overthrown by the Kanvas in 72 BC, and the Kanva dynasty came to an end in 28 BC.
	www.appiusforum.com /aryans.html (3089 words)

	brihadratha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was killed in 185 BCE and power usurped by his commander-in-chief, the Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then took over the throne and established the Sunga dynasty.
		He established his rule in the Kabul Valley and parts of the Punjab in modern-day Pakistan.
		His successors would later engage in a series of wars with the Sungas.
	www.holydaytravel.com /wiki/?title=Brihadratha (115 words)

	Ashoka resources -
		Rather than Sanskrit, the language used for inscription was the current spoken form called Prakrit.
		In the year 185 BC, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, the last Mauryan ruler, Brhadrata, was brutally murdered by the commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honor of his forces.
		Not until some 2,000 years later under Akbar the Great and his great-grandson Aurangzeb would as large a portion of the subcontinent as that ruled by Ashoka again be united under a single ruler.
	www.referensics.com /A/Ashoka.php (2677 words)

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