Pushkarasarin

Pushkarasarin also known as Pukkusati was a ruler of Gandhara. He was contemporary to Bimbisara of Magadha,[1], with whom he engaged in diplomacy,[2] and with Pradyota of Avanti,[1] against whom he waged war.[2]

Pushkarasarin
Ruler of Gandhara

Pushkarasarin renounced his throne and became a Buddhist monk.[3] Gandhara was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire shortly after.[2]


References

Citations

  1. Kailash Chand Jain 1991, p. 87.
  2. Sen 1999, p. 112.
  3. "Pukkusāti". www.palikanon.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

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