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Encyclopedia > Vasumitra

Vasumitra or Sumitra (as per d manuscript of Matsya Purana) (131 - 124 BCE) was the fourth Sunga ruler. He was the son of Agnimitra by his queen Dharini.


Kalidasa's Malavikagnimitram tells us that he guarded the sacrificial horse let loose by his grandfather Pushyamitra and he defeated 'Yavana' (Indo-Greek) cavalrymen on the banks of river Sindhu (Act V, 14). Yona, Yonaka or Yavana is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greeks. ... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek...


Bana's Harshacharita mentioned him as Sumitra and informed us that he was killed by Mitradeva (or Muladeva) while enjoying a drama. He was succeeded by Andhraka, Antaka, Bhadraka or Bhadra as per different Puranas. Harshacharita (IAST:, Sanskrit: हर्षचरित), The deeds of , is the biography of Indian Emperor Harsha by Banabhatta, also known as Bana, who was a Sanskrit scholar of 7th century in India. ...

Preceded by
Vasujyeshtha
Sunga ruler
circa 131 BCE
Succeeded by
Andhraka

Vasujyetha (or Vasumitra) was the third in the line of Sunga Kings who ruled much of Northern India. ... Approximate greatest extent of the Sunga empire (185 BCE-73 BCE) For other uses of the term Sunga see Sunga (disambiguation) The Sunga empire (or Shunga empire) controlled the eastern part of India from around 185 to 73 BCE. It was established after the fall of the Indian Mauryan empire. ...

References

  • Indegenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D.) by Bela Lahiri, University of Calcutta, 1974.


 

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