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Emperor Shalishuka Maurya
Chakravartin
Coin of Emperor Salisuka, or later. Circa 207-194 BCE.[1]
6th Mauryan Emperor
Reign
c. 215 – c. 202 BCE
Predecessor
Samprati
Successor
Devavarman
Dynasty
Maurya
Maurya Empire (322–180 BCE)
Chandragupta
322–297 BCE
Bindusara
297–273 BCE
Ashoka
273/268–232 BCE
Dasharatha
232–224 BCE
Samprati
224–215 BCE
Shalishuka
215–202 BCE
Devavarman
202–195 BCE
Shatadhanvan
195–187 BCE
Brihadratha
187–180 BCE
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Shalishuka (IAST: Śāliśuka) Maurya was the 6th Emperor of the Indian Maurya dynasty.[2] He ruled from 215–202 BCE. He was the successor and son of Samprati Maurya.[3] 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"[4]
In that beautiful Puṣpapura, 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]
According to the Puranas he was succeeded by Devavarman.[6]
^CNG Coins [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.
^"King of Maurya VI - Shalishuka (215-202 BC)". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972) Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.312-3n.
^The Yuga Purana. Translated by Mitchiner, John E. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. 1986. p. 91.
^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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