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# Vishnupurana 4.24.8

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.24.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.8)

puṣyamitraḥ senāpatiḥ svāminaṃ hatvā rājyaṃ kariṣyati ||

> The dynasty of the Śungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya prince, will put his master to death, and ascend the throne: his son will be Agnimitra; his son will be Sujyesht́ha; his son will be Vasumitra; his son will be Árdraka; his son will be Pulindaka; his son will be Ghoshavasu; his son will be Vajramitra; his son will be Bhágavata; his son will be Devabhúti. These are the ten Śungas, who will govern the kingdom for a hundred and twelve years.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.24.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.24.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

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