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Shashanka was king of the Gauda Kingdom, a polity of the later Gupta dynasty and later its successor state. Historians place his rule between 600 and 636, whereas other sources place his reign between 590 and 625. making his lasted approximately from 593 to 636.
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![Map of the Shashankas or "Gauda Kingdom", circa 600 CE.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_the_Shashankas.png/1280px-Map_of_the_Shashankas.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
![Coin of Śaśānka-deva, king of Gauda, circa 600-630. Shiva seated facing on bull seated left / Lakshmi seated facing on lotus; being watered by small elephants at either side.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Sasanka_Deva_king_of_Gauda_circa_600-630.jpg/500px-Sasanka_Deva_king_of_Gauda_circa_600-630.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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Shashanka
said · 1991
Hsuen Tsang's contention, from hearsay, that the Shaiva king Shashank had persecuted Buddhists and felled the Bodhi tree, also goes unquestioned.
Elst, Koenraad (1991). Ayodhya and after: Issues before Hindu society.
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