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# UNIT - 1 ## Post - Mauryan period * **Shungas** - ruled in the Deccan for nearly 300 years (185 - 73 BC). Limited information. * Pushyamitra Shunga - ~185 - 152 BC * Killed last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha and ended Mauryan dynasty. * **Further fragmentation of empire after Ashoka's d...

# UNIT - 1 ## Post - Mauryan period * **Shungas** - ruled in the Deccan for nearly 300 years (185 - 73 BC). Limited information. * Pushyamitra Shunga - ~185 - 152 BC * Killed last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha and ended Mauryan dynasty. * **Further fragmentation of empire after Ashoka's death:** * NW frontier not protected, leading to entry of foreign tribes. * **Tribes:** * Sakas - N. Afghanistan * Parthians - Persia * Kushans - China * **Pushyamitra declared himself ruler and started Shunga empire:** * His state was restricted to Narmada & Jalandhar. * Son - Agnimitra, made Viceroy of Vidisha * Pataliputra remains the capital. * **War b/w Vidisha & Berar:** * In texts, *Malavikagnimitram* by Kalidasa mentions the war. * Yajnasena, the governor of Berar was relative of Brihadratha. After his death, he declared his independence. * Yajnasena's cousin Madhavsena wanted to be ruler. He reached out to Agnimitra and tried to convince him that he would help him get Berar.