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Brihadratha Maurya

d. c. 185 BCE · 2nd century BCE

Brihadratha Maurya was the last emperor of the Maurya dynasty of India, ruling a much-reduced realm from Pataliputra in the early 2nd century BCE. Around 185 BCE his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Shunga, assassinated him while he reviewed the army and seized the throne, founding the Shunga dynasty and ending Maurya rule.

Brihadratha Maurya
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Shunga Empire

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