The Sungas
• The last Mauryan emperor, Brihadratha,was assassinated by his own general, Pushyamitra Sunga, who established his Sunga dynasty in Magadha.
• Pushyamitra made Pataliputra as his capital.
• Pushyamitra’s kingdom extended westward to include Ujjain and Vidisha.
•He successfully repulsed the invasion of Bactria king, Menander.
• But Menander managed to keep Kabul and Sindh.
• Pushyamitra thwarted an attack from the Kalinga king Kharavela.
• He also conquered Vidarba. • He was a staunch follower of Vedic religion.
• He performed two Asvamedhayagnas (horse sacrifices) to assert his imperial authority.
• Pushyamitra was succeeded by his son Agnimitra.
• This Agnimitra is said to be the hero of Kalidasa’sMalavikagnimitra.
• The drama also refers to the victory of Vasumitra, Agnimitra’s son, over the Greeks on the banks of the Sindhu river.
• The weak successors of Sungasconstantly faced threats from the IndoBactrians and Indo-Parthians.
• The Sunga dynasty lasted for about one hundred years.
• The last Sunga king was Devabhuti.
•He was killed by his own minister Vasudeva Kanva.
• Vasudeva established the rule of Kanva dynasty in Magadha.
• Though Pushyamitra persecuted Buddhists, during his reign the Buddhist monuments at Bharhutand Sanchi were renovated and further improved.
• The expanded Great Stupa of Sanchi and the railings, which enclose it, belong to the Sunga period.
• Simuka, the founder of the Satavahanadynasty, is said to have ruled for twenty-three years.
• His successor was his brother Krishna.
• The latter and his nephew Satakarni ruled for ten years each, establishing an empire, holding control over a vast area stretching from Rajasthan in the northwest to Andhra in the southeast and from Gujarat in thewest to Kalinga in the east.
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