- Pushyamitra Shunga revived Vedic rituals and started to re-promote hinduism
- performed one Ashwamedha Yajna under guidance of his chief priest Patanjali
- details of Ashwamedha Yajna mentioned in Ayodhya inscriptions
- sad that Pushyamitra destroyed many Buddhist stupas & monasteries at Sanchi
- succeeded by son Agnimitra Shunga
- love affair b/w Agniitra Shunga w/ princess Vidisha Malvika mentioned in novel Malvika Agnimitra by Kalidasa
- next ruler Vasumitra promoted Buddhism
- reconstructed all stupas in Sanchi destroyed by Pushyamitra Shunga
- during tenure of Bhagabhadra, a Greek ambassador Heliodorus visited Shunga’s court
- w/ large number of his followers, he accepted Hinduism
- in worship of Lord Vishnu, he erected a pillar named Garuda Dhwaj in Vidisha (MP)
- place also called Bhilsa, Besnagar
- regarded as the first archaeological evidence of Vishnu worship in India
- last Shunga ruler, Devahuti was killed by his minister, Vasudev Kanva around 75BC
- led to estd of Kanva Dynasty in Magadha
- vedic hinduism was still promoted in this age