Pushkarasarin

Puṣkarasārin
King of Gandhāra
ReignUncertain, c. 6th or 5th century BCE
ReligionHistorical Vedic religion (earlier)
Buddhism (later)

Pushkarasarin (Sanskrit: Puṣkarasārin) or Pukkusati (Pali: Pukkusāti) was a king of the Iron Age Indo-Aryan kingdom of Gandhāra during the time of Gautama Buddha (c. 6th or 5th century BCE), according to Buddhist texts which were written a few centuries later. There are no historical facts known for certain about Puṣkarasārin, and all theories about his reign are speculative. It is debated whether he ruled before or after the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley, and is unknown what kind of relationship he historically had with the Persian Achaemenid rulers.

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