What is Brihadratha Maurya?
'''Brihadratha Maurya''' was the last ruler of the [[Maurya Empire]] of [[India]]. He was the ruler from 187 [[BC]]-180 BC. He succeeded Emperor Shatadhanvan, and was killed by his general [[Pushyamitra Sunga]] in 180 BC. During his rule, the Mauryan Empire got smaller. The ''Paramparapustaka'' mentions that in 186 BC, the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I invaded India, and gave his daughter Berenice as marriage alliance to Brihadratha.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Greeks and the Mauryas|last=Paranavithana|first=Senarath|publisher=Lake House Investments|year=1971|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|pages=84}}</ref> Later on, according to the ''Harshacharita'', the general Pushyamitra Sunga crushed Brihadratha to death during a military parade in Pataliputra, around 180 BC.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Indigenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 B. C. to 320 A. D.)|last=Lahiri|first=B.|publisher=University of Calcutta|year=1974|location=Calcutta, India|pages=24}}</ref> After his death, Pushyamitra Sunga founded the [[Sunga dynasty]] controlling the Mauryan territories. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Indian monarchs]] [[Category:180s BC deaths]]