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Bhagabhadra (Brāhmī: 𑀪𑀸𑀕𑀪𑀤𑁆𑀭 Bhā-ga-bha-dra, Bhāgabhadra) was a Shunga Emperor who reigned in northern and central India from around 114 BCE to 83 BCE. [citation needed] Although the capital of the Shungas was at Pataliputra, he was also known to have held court at Vidisha.
- 114 to 83 BCE
- Vasumitra
Bhagabhadra (o Bhaga Bhadra; ... – ...; fl. II-I secolo a.C.) fu uno dei re della dinastia Shunga, che governò l'India settentrionale, centrale e orientale. Sebbene la capitale dei Shunga fosse a Pataliputra , egli aveva una corte anche nella città di Vidisha .
By Abhilash Rajendran Friday, May 21, 2021. Bhagabhadra was an ancient Hindu ruler how ruled Vidisha during the 1 st century BC. Bhagabhadra (124 – 26 BCE) ame to be known to historians for the first time in 1909 CE after the discovery of the Besnagar (Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh) Garuda pillar inscription of Heliodora (Heliodorus), a ...
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The name "Shunga" has only been used for convenience to designate the historical polity now generally described as "Shunga Empire", or the historical period known as the "Shunga period", which follows the fall of the Maurya Empire. The term comes from a single epigraphic inscription in Bharhut, in which a dedication to the Buddhist Bharhut stupa is...
According to historical reconstructions, the Shunga dynasty was established in 184 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the emperor Brihadratha Maurya, the last ruler of the Maurya Empire, was assassinated by his Senānī or commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra,while he was reviewing the Guard of Honour of his forces. Pushyamitra then ascended t...
Accounts of persecution
Following the Mauryans, the first Sunga emperor, a Brahmin named Pushyamitra, is believed by some historians to have persecuted Buddhists and contributed to a resurgence of Brahmanism that forced Buddhism outwards to Kashmir, Gandhara and Bactria. Buddhist scripture such as the Asokavadana account of the Divyavadana and ancient Tibetan historian Taranathahave written about persecution of Buddhists. Pushyamitra is said to have burned down Buddhist monasteries, destroyed stupas, massacred Buddh...
Accounts against persecution
Later Shunga emperors were seen as amenable to Buddhism and as having contributed to the building of the stupa at Bharhut. During his reign the Buddhist monuments of Bharhut and Sanchi were renovated and further improved. There is enough evidence to show that Pushyamitra patronised buddhist art.However, given the rather decentralised and fragmentary nature of the Shunga state, with many cities actually issuing their own coinage, as well as the relative dislike of the Shungas for the Buddhist...
Shunga period contributions in Sanchi
On the basis of Ashokavadana, it is presumed that the stupa may have been vandalised at one point sometime in the 2nd century BCE, an event some have related to the rise of the Shunga emperor Pushyamitra who overtook the Mauryan Empire as an army general. It has been suggested that Pushyamitra may have destroyed the original stupa, and his son Agnimitra rebuilt it.The original brick stupa was covered with stone during the Shunga period. According to historian Julia Shaw, the post-Mauryan cons...
War and conflict characterised the Shunga period. They are known to have warred with the Kalingas, Satavahanas, the Indo-Greeks, and possibly the Panchalas and Mathuras.[citation needed] The Shunga Empire's wars with the Indo-Greek Kingdom figure greatly in the history of this period. From around 180 BCE the Greco-Bactrian ruler Demetrius conquered...
After the death of Agnimitra, the second king of the dynasty, the empire rapidly disintegrated:inscriptions and coins indicate that much of northern and central India consisted of small kingdoms and city-states that were independent of any Shunga hegemony. The last king of Sungas, Devabhuti was assassinated by his minister Vasudeva Kanva, who then ...
The Shunga art style differed somewhat from imperial Mauryan art, which was influenced by Persian art. In both, continuing elements of folk art and cults of the Mother goddessappear in popular art, but are now produced with more skill in more monumental forms. The Shunga style was thus seen as 'more Indian' and is often described as the more indige...
The script used by the Shunga was a variant of Brahmi, and was used to write the Sanskrit language. The script is thought to be an intermediary between the Maurya and the KalingaBrahmi scripts.
Bhagabhadra (o Bhaga Bhadra; ... – 83 a.C.) fu uno dei re della dinastia Shunga, che governò l'India settentrionale, centrale e orientale. Sebbene la capitale dei Shunga fosse a Pataliputra , egli aveva una corte anche nella città di Vidisha .
The major rulers of the Shunga dynasty were – Pushyamitra Sunga, Agnimitra, Bhagabhadra, Devabhuti, etc. To know more about the Shunga dynasty, check the linked article. Kanva dynasty. This dynasty was founded by Vasudeva Kanva. He ruled for a short period and was succeeded by Bhumimitra.
The pillar is commonly named after Heliodorus, who was an ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas from Taxila, and was sent to the Indian ruler Bhagabhadra. A dedication written in Brahmi script was inscribed on the pillar, venerating Vāsudeva , the Deva deva the "God of Gods" and the Supreme Deity.
