Thus he killed Brihadratha while he was reviewing his army, and seized the throne, founding the Shunga Dynasty. Pushyamitra, (the Commander-in-Chief of Emperor Brihadratha), saw the ruler as a weakling and sensed the need to reestablish another stable central power in India. The Mauryan empire had considerably shrunk, attacked in the North by King Demetrius who had invaded what remained of the Mauryan territories and seized the capital Pataliputra. The disintegration of the Maurya empire had begun after the death of Ashoka Maurya, which was further accelerated by the Yavana invasions as referred to in Sanskrit texts such as the Yuga Purdna and the Mahdbhashya of Patanjali.īrihadratha came to power in 180 BCE. For, the drama informs us that, the brother-in-law of his son Agnimitra, was appointed as an Antapala of a fort on the banks of the Narmada.
The Malavikagnimitra makes it evident that to the south, Pushyamitra extended his command over the territories as far as the Narmada and even up to Wardha. Pushyamitra Shunga is considered one of the greatest emperors of India who fought against foreign invading powers and also eliminated them - especially the Greeks who were left behind after Alexander's failed military campaign in India. The dynasty of the Mauryas was uprooted by Pushpamitra or Pushyamitra. Pushyamitra was the founder of the Shunga dynasty, which had emerged from the deteriorating Maurya empire. The empire was founded by Pushyamitra Shunga with it's capital at Patliputra, which later shifted to Vidisha. 333).The Shunga Empire was an ancient Indian dynasty of Magadha that controlled areas of the central and eastern Indian subcontinent from around 174 to 75 BCE. Kyoraku acknowledging and expressing his respect for Seinosuke to his face, even after Kyoraku discovers Seinosuke’s involvement in Tokinada’s schemes & in a conversation where Seinosuke deliberately antagonizes Kyoraku + the narrative text noting that they had been acquainted & Kyoraku still genuinely believes in him (CFYOW II, p. Hisagi addressing the elephant in the room about Unohana’s acknowledgement of Seinosuke (CFYOW II, p. Urahara acknowledging that Seinosuke may be ‘ the same type of person’ as him (referring to the extent of his analytical & strategical skills and preparation + need for analysis, strategy and preparation) + talking about how the difference between them is Seinosuke being more selfless in his execution (healing) despite his questionable ethics & morals presented outside of providing medical services - and in spite of his moral ambiguity, Unohana respected him & Seinosuke, to this day, is still widely regarded and trusted (CFYOW II, p. Hisagi amazed by Seinosule’s kaido and theorizing that Seinosuke may even possess better healing abilities than Unohana herself (CFYOW I, p. Tokinada, who possesses his own extensive knowledge, information, and research regarding hybrids thanks to his affiliation with the Tsunayashiro clan, openly acknowledging Seinosuke to Aura as ‘a genius who can make live under any circumstances’ (CFYOW II, p. Here’s what other characters have to say about him & his abilities: In the events of Can’t Fear Your Own World, Tsunayashiro Tokinada had personally commissioned Seinosuke to, alongside himself and Aura Michibane, participate in the creation of Hikone, an artificial hybrid with the power, potential, and composition to become the next Soul King. Now, he’s the General Director of the Central Medical Institute in the Noble Quarter / the Seireitei Shino-Seyakuin delegate, which is “the highest authority in the relief office that specifically catered to the Four Great Noble Clans and specialized in serving the upper nobility” (CFYOW I, p.
He’s Hanataro’s older brother and served as the lieutenant of the Fourth Division a century ago during the Turn Back the Pendulum arc. Acknowledging Yamada Seinosuke (a post) :