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The Shunga Empire: India's Forgotten Dynasty After the Mauryas — Fexingo History

The Shunga Empire: India's Forgotten Dynasty After the Mauryas — Fexingo History

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 After the Mauryan Empire collapsed, who ruled India? This episode explores the Shunga dynasty that emerged from the ashes of the Mauryas. We delve into Pushyamitra Shunga, the general who assassinated the last Mauryan emperor Brihadratha in 185 BCE. But was he a Hindu zealot who persecuted Buddhists, as later Buddhist texts claim? Or was that a later embellishment? We examine the evidence: Ashoka's edicts, the Divyavadana, the Yuga Purana, and archaeological clues like the Heliodorus Pillar in Vidisha—erected by a Greek ambassador who converted to Vaishnavism under Shunga rule. We also discuss the Shunga–Satavahana rivalry, the empire's art at Bharhut and Sanchi, and how the Shungas kept Hellenistic kingdoms at bay. History is rarely black and white, and the Shungas challenge simple narratives.

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