The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s6.16

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These dreadful events drove even Brihadratha, that pusillanimous Mauryan king, to consider whether he should not make a stand against the Greeks. The review of his forces, however, which he held as a preliminary to such a course, proved fatal to him. Magadha was badly in need of a real fighter. She secured him at last in 185 B.C. in Pushyamitra Śuṅga, the regicide and founder of the Śuṅga dynasty of Magadha.