Sunga Period
Following his overthrowing of the Mauryan Empire, Pusyamitra Sunga established the Sunga Empire and expanded northwest as far as Sagala. According to the 2nd century Ashokavadana:
- "Then King Pusyamitra equipped a fourfold army, and intending to destroy the Buddhist religion, he went to the Kukkutarama. (...) Pusyamitra therefore destroyed the sangharama, killed the monks there, and departed.
- After some time, he arrived in Sakala, and proclaimed that he would give a hundred dinara reward to whoever brought him the head of a Buddhist monk" (Shramanas) Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong.
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