Shalishuka

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Shalishuka (215–202 BCE) (शालिशुक) was the 6th Emperor of the Indian Maurya dynasty.[1] He ruled from 215–202 BCE. He was the successor and son of Samprati Maurya.[2]

Variants

List of Maurya Kings

Genealogy of Mauryas

History

Salisuka Maurya has been mentioned as one of the post-Asokan period rulers from this dynasty and assigned 13 years of his rule over Magadha. His name is testified by the Vayu and Vishnu Puranas.

While the Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as a quarrelsome, unrighteous ruler, he is also noted as being of "righteous words"[3]

In the 'Yugpurana' section of the 'Gargi Samhita' he is said to have done much to further the cause of Jainism even by the use of force. [4]

In that beautiful Pushpapura (flower city), occupied by fewer than a hundred kings, there will be Śāliśūka, born for the destruction of the truth, the offspring of karma (fate).

That king, the offspring of karma, cheerful-minded [yet] fond of conflict, [will be] an oppressor of his own kingdom, of righteous speech but unrighteous conduct; — Yuga Purana[5]

Succession

According to the Puranas he was succeeded by Devavarman.[6]

Further reading

  • Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)
  • Dr Natthan Singh: Jat - Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2004
  • Pargiter, Dynasties of the Kali Age.

References

  1. Sircar, D. C. (April 1963). "The Account of the Yavanas in the Yuga-Purāṇa". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 95 (1–2): 7–20. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00121379. JSTOR 25202591. S2CID 162214196.
  2. "King of Maurya VI - Shalishuka (215-202 BC)". geni_family_tree
  3. Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972) Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.312-3n.
  4. For Purana text see Pargiter, Dynasties of the Kali Age, pp 27-29.
  5. The Yuga Purana. Translated by Mitchiner, John E. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. 1986. p. 91.
  6. Thapar, Romila (2001). Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-564445-X, p.183

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