HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Defended the Magadhan empire against the Bactrian Greeks
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Is said to have performed Asvamedha sacrifice
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Was persecutor of Buddhism according to the Divyavadana
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Did all the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhist texts state that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted the Buddhists. The earliest source to mention this is the 2nd Century CE text Ashokavadana (a part of Divyavadana). According to this account, Pushyamitra (described as the last Mauryan king) wanted to be famous.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pushyamitra Shunga founded the Shunga dynasty in 187 BC with its capital at Pataliputra. According to early sources like Ashkavadana, Pushyamitra Shunga was against Buddhism. He was a Brahmin. Pushyamithra succeeded in a number of battles against Greek kings Menander and Demetrius.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pushyamitra Sunga was Brahmin army chief of Brihadratha, the last king of the Mauryas. During a military parade, he killed Brihadratha and established himself on the throne in 185 or 186 BC. According to some historians, this was an internal revolt against the last Mauryan king.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Huichang Persecution of Buddhism (Chinese: ) was initiated by Emperor Wuzong (Li Chan) of the Tang dynasty during the Huichang era (841–845). Among its purposes were to appropriate war funds and to cleanse Tang China of foreign influences.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Shunga dynasty was a Brahmin dynasty, Pushyamitra Shunga(founder and first ruler of the Shunga Empire), persecuted Buddhists and contributed to a resurgence of Brahmanism that forced Buddhism outwards to Kashmir, Gandhara, and Bactria.