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Pushyamitra Shunga

300 BC - 148 BC

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Pushyamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣyamitra Śuṅga; reigned c. 185 – c. 149 BCE), also known as Pushpamitra Shunga (IAST: Puṣpamitra Śuṅga) was the founder and the first ruler of the Shunga Empire which he established to succeed the Maurya Empire. Pushyamitra is recorded to have performed the Ashvamedha ritual to legitimize his right to rule. Inscriptions of the Shungas have been found as far as the Ayodhya (the Dhanadeva–Ayodhya inscription), and the Divyavadana mentions that his empire stretched as far as Sakala (now Sialkot) in Punjab region, now in Pakistan. Though Buddhist texts claim that Pushyamitra persecuted Buddhists, past and contemporary scholars have rejected these claims. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pushyamitra Shunga is the 6,912th most popular politician (down from 5,952nd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from India (down from 199th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pushyamitra Shunga ranks 6,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Danielle Mitterrand, Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Yuri II of Vladimir, John II, Duke of Lorraine, and Šefik Džaferović. After him are Ron Paul, Kim Yo-jong, Raja Dahir, René Mayer, Henry L. Stimson, and Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Pushyamitra Shunga ranks 19. Before him are Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Prusias I of Bithynia, Pharnaces I of Pontus, Mithridates III of Pontus, Xerxes of Armenia, and Lucius Aemilius Paullus. After him are Aristo of Chios, Gaius Duilius, Wiman of Gojoseon, Mithridates II of Pontus, Appius Claudius Caudex, and Horwennefer. Among people deceased in 148 BC, Pushyamitra Shunga ranks 2. Before him is Masinissa. After him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pushyamitra Shunga ranks 258 out of 1,861. Before him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Śāntarakṣita (725), Dignāga (480), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Priyanka Gandhi (1972). After him are Dharmendra (1935), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Hemachandra (1089), and Murad Bakhsh (1624).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Pushyamitra Shunga ranks 88. Before him are Amrit Kaur (1889), V. V. Giri (1894), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Priyanka Gandhi (1972). After him are Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Shahu I (1682), Birsa Munda (1875), and Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906).

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