Friday, November 27, 2009

THE LAST MAURYAS

THE LAST MAURYAS

It seems'that Ashoka died about 232BC. There was a disputed succession after him.
The empire began to fall apart on his death when the governors of the great provinces, usually nembers of the. royal family, established, their virtual independence. Ashoka had three sons-Kunala; Tirana and Jaluka , According to VA,.Smith, none of them succeeded Asoka as Kuna1a was blind and,the other two became Buddhist monks-, it Was Asoka's grandson Dasarath, Who became the king of the eastern 'part'of the empire,
while another grandson, Samprati, ruled 'the' western part.

The last king, according to most historians, was Brihadratha who was assassinated by his senapati., Pushyamitra, in 185-180 BC, and a new dynasty was founded by him known as the 'Sunga dynsty'.

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