Question

The last Mauryan ruler to be killed by Pushyamitra Shunga was:
1. Devavarman
2. Bindusara
3. Brihadratha
4. Dasharatha

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Brihadratha

The correct answer is Brihadratha.

• The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha was assassinated in 185 BC by his commander in chief Pushyamitra Shunga.
• Pushyamitra Shunga set up a kingdom in the north.
• Pushyamitra Shunga established his own Sunga dynasty.

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• The Mauryan dynasty lasted 137 years.
• Chandragupta dethroned the last Nanda ruler Danananda and occupied the Patliputra in 322 BC.
• Three important rulers of the Maurya dynasty were
  • Chandragupta.
  • Bindusara.
  • Ashoka.

   

• Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by his son Bindusara.
  • Bindusara was known as Amitrochates.
• Dasharatha was a grandson of Ashoka.
• Devvarman was the successor of Shalishuka Maurya and reigned for a short period of seven years.