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Shalishuka

Shalishuka
Coin of Emperor Salisuka, or later. Circa 207-194 BCE.[1]
Emperor of Magadha
Reignc. 215 – c. 202 BCE
PredecessorSamprati
SuccessorDevavarman
BornUnknown
Pataliputra, Maurya Empire(Present day Bihar, India)
Diedc. 202 BCE
Pataliputra, Maurya Empire(Present day Bihar, India)
DynastyMaurya
FatherSamprati
Maurya Empire
(322–180 BCE)
Ashoka pillar at Vaishali, Bihar Lomas Rishi, Barabar Caves
Chandragupta 322–297 BCE
Bindusara 297–273 BCE
Ashoka the Great 273/268–232 BCE
Dasharatha 232–224 BCE
Samprati 224–215 BCE
Shalishuka 215–202 BCE
Devavarman 202–195 BCE
Shatadhanvan 195–187 BCE
Brihadratha 187–180 BCE
Possible extent of Maurya Empire under Shalishuka

Shalishuka (IAST: Śāliśuka) Maurya was the 6th Emperor of the Indian Maurya dynasty.[2] He ruled from 215–202 BCE. He was the successor and son of Samprati Maurya.[3] While the Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as a quarrelsome, unrighteous ruler, he is also noted as being of "righteous words"[4]

  1. In that beautiful Puṣpapura (flower city), occupied by fewer than a hundred kings, there will be Śāliśūka, born for the destruction of the truth, the offspring of karma (fate).
  2. That king, the offspring of karma, cheerful-minded [yet] fond of conflict, [will be] an oppressor of his own kingdom, of righteous speech but unrighteous conduct;
— Yuga Purana[5]

Succession

According to the Puranas he was succeeded by Devavarman.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ CNG Coins [1]
  2. ^ Sircar, D. C. (April 1963). "The Account of the Yavanas in the Yuga-Purāṇa". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 95 (1–2): 7–20. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00121379. JSTOR 25202591. S2CID 162214196.
  3. ^ "King of Maurya VI - Shalishuka (215-202 BC)". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972) Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.312-3n.
  5. ^ The Yuga Purana. Translated by Mitchiner, John E. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. 1986. p. 91.
  6. ^ Thapar, Romila (2001). Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-564445-X, p.183


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