Multiple choice

Which general's coup was responsible for the end of Maurya empire?

  1. Pusyamitra Sunga

  2. Agnimitra

  3. Mudrarakshasa

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Pushyamitra Shunga, the Mauryan military commander, assassinated the last Mauryan emperor Brihadratha in around 185 BC and established the Shunga dynasty. This coup marked the end of the Mauryan Empire and a decline in Buddhist patronage in northern India.