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The Brahmanical-backlash theory of Mauryan decline

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1. According to historian Hariprasad Shastri’s theory, what fed directly into Pushyamitra Shunga’s coup against the Mauryas?

A famine that emptied the royal treasury

A foreign invasion that weakened the army

A Brahmanical backlash against Ashoka’s pro-Buddhist policies

A succession dispute among Ashoka’s own sons

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