Question
Download Solution PDFThe last Mauryan ruler to be killed by Pushyamitra Shunga was:
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Brihadratha.
Key Points
- The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha was assassinated in 185 BC by his commander in chief Pushyamitra Shunga.
- Pushyamitra Shunga set up a kingdom in the north.
- Pushyamitra Shunga established his own Sunga dynasty.
Important Points
- The Mauryan dynasty lasted 137 years.
- Chandragupta dethroned the last Nanda ruler Dhana Nanda and occupied the Patliputra in 322 BC.
- Three important rulers of the Maurya dynasty were
- Chandragupta.
- Bindusara.
- Ashoka.
- Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by his son Bindusara.
- Bindusara was known as Amitrochates or Amitraghata.
- Dasharatha was a grandson of Ashoka.
- Devvarman was the successor of Shalishuka Maurya and reigned for a short period of seven years.
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