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It is possible that the Buddhist influence at the Mauryan court declined during Pushyamitra's reign, and the Buddhist monasteries and other institutions stopped receiving royal patronage. This change might have led to discontent among the Buddhists, resulting in exaggerated accounts of persecution.
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mentions a wicked and foolish king named Gomimukhya ("cattle-faced"), or Gomishanda ("Gomin, the bull"), who seized the territory from the east to Kashmir, destroying monasteries and killing monks. Ultimately, he and his officers were killed in the north by falling mountain rocks. This king is
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Based on Buddhist tradition, some scholars believe that Pushyamitra was indeed a persecutor of the Buddhist faith. However, others believe that Buddhist scholars were biased against Pushyamitra, because he did not patronize them. According to archaeologist
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H. C. Raychaudhury argued that Pushyamitra's overthrow of the Mauryans cannot be considered as a Brahmin uprising against Buddhist rule, as Brahmins did not suffer during the Mauryan rule: Ashoka's edicts mention the Brahmins before
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Historian Eric Seldeslachts states that there is "no proof whatsoever that Pushyamitra actually persecuted the Buddhists" though he may not have actively supported the Buddhists, invoking the Buddhist wrath.
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mentions Pushyamitra as a Mauryan further erodes its historical credibility, and weakens the hypothesis that he persecuted Buddhists because he was a Brahmin. Raychaudhury also argued that according to
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H. Bhattacharya theorized that Pushyamitra might have persecuted Buddhists for political, rather than religious, reasons: the politically active Buddhists probably supported the
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was vandalized in 2nd century BCE (that is, during Pushyamitra's reign), before being rebuilt on a larger scale. G. R. Sharma, who excavated the Buddhist ruins at
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during the Shunga rule. However, according to N. N. Ghosh, these were constructed during the reign of later Shunga rulers, not Pushyamitra's period.
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Roy, Kaushik (2012). Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia: From Antiquity to the Present, p.109-118. Cambridge University Press.
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Buddhist texts claim that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted the Buddhists. The earliest source to mention this is the 2nd Century CE text
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points out that the Buddhist legends are not consistent about the location of Pushyamitra's anti-Buddhist campaign and his death. The
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Akira Hirakawa, Paul Groner, "A History of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana", Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1996,
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writes that the lack of concrete archaeological evidence casts doubt on the claims of Buddhist persecution by Pushyamitra.
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stupa is also datable to Pushyamitra's period. H. C. Raychaudhari pointed out that Buddhist monuments were constructed at
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suggests that several monasteries existed in present-day Bihar, Awadh and Malwa at the time Pushyamitra's contemporary
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names Pushyamitra as the last Mauryan emperor. This text appears to have confused Brihadratha with Pushyamitra.
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Shunga emperors were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at
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Raychaudhari Hemchandra, "Tha Audvijja Senani of the Harivansa?", Indian culture, Vol. IV, 1938, P. 360-365
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H. C. Raychaudhuri theorized that the name "Shunga" is derived from the Sanskrit word for the fig tree.
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ritual to legitimize his right to rule. Inscriptions of the Shungas have been found as far as the
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also states that Pushyamitra and his allies killed Buddhist monks and destroyed monasteries from
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Buddhist texts claim that Pushyamitra persecuted Buddhists; scholars have rejected these claims.
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ruled in Lanka. This suggests that these monasteries survived Pushyamitra Shunga's reign.
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Others have expressed skepticism about the Buddhist claims of persecution by Pushyamitra.
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named Damshtranivasin killed him and his army with help of another yaksha named Krimisha.
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Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas by Romila Thapar, Oxford University Press, 1960 P200
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rivals of Pushyamitra, which might have prompted him to persecute them. The
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were renovated and further improved. There is enough evidence to show that
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did not come into general circulation in India before the 1st century BCE.
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The Legend of King Aśoka : a study and translation of the Aśokāvadāna
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states that Pushyamitra declared a reward for killing Buddhist monks in
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Simmons, Caleb; Sarao, K. T. S. (2010). Danver, Steven L. (ed.).
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Indigenous states of northern India, circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D.
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monastery, but it was saved by chance. He then proceeded to
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Studies in the Religious Life of Ancient and Medieval India
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around the time of Shunga rule. He also theorized that the
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in the north-west, where he offered a prize of one hundred
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Pushyamitra Shunga was succeeded in 148 BCE by his son
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Heirman, Ann; Bumbacher, Stephan Peter (11 May 2007).
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Sunga period masculine figurine, 2nd-1st century BCE,
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Aspects of ancient Indian history and historiography
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Ruler of the Shunga Empire from c.185 to c. 149 BCE
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Index

Pushyamitra
Pushyamitras

Guimet Museum
Emperor of Magadha
Brihadratha Maurya
Agnimitra
General
Magadha
Dynasty
Shunga
Hinduism
IAST
IAST
Shunga Empire
Maurya Empire
Ashvamedha
Ayodhya
Dhanadeva–Ayodhya inscription
Divyavadana
Sakala
Sialkot
Punjab
Shunga Empire
Brihadratha Maurya
Shunga–Greek War
Ashokavadana
Ashokavadana
Divyavadana
Ashoka

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