Pushkarasarin


Pushkarasarin also known as Pukkusati was a ruler of Gandhara. He was contemporary to Bimbisara of Magadha,, with whom he engaged in diplomacy, and with Pradyota of Avanti, against whom he waged war.
Pushkarasarin renounced his throne and became a Buddhist monk. Gandhara was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire shortly after.

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