HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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The Mauryandynasty was overthrown by
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Kanishka
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Pushyamitra Sunga
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Samudragupta
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Harsha
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Brihadratha Maurya was killed in 185 BCE and power usurped by his general, Pushyamitra Shunga who then took over the throne and established the Shunga Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pushyamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣyamitra Śuṅga) or Pushpamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣpamitra Śuṅga) (ruled c. 185 – c. 149 BCE) was the co-founder and the first or second ruler of the Shunga Empire which he and Gopāla established against the Maurya Empire.
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