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How did the Peacock Dynasty develop in ancient India?
After Ashoka's death, the peacock empire fell into a state of disintegration. One of his sons divided the land in the northwest, and some previously conquered countries and tribes became independent. Around 187 BC, Pushamidoro Siga, the minister of the Peacock Empire, usurped the throne and overthrew the Peacock Dynasty. After the demise of the Peacock Empire, the Indian subcontinent entered a period of division between dynasties and small countries.

Pusami Dorosunja (reigned from 187 BC to 65438 BC +05 1 year) overthrew the Peacock Dynasty and established the Sunjia Dynasty (reigned from 65438 BC+085 BC to 75 BC). Pushamidoro was born in a Brahmin family in Ujaan region. When he was the minister of Peacock Empire, he led the army to repel the invading Greeks in the summer, with outstanding military achievements and high reputation. After he seized the throne, he once tried to restore the sphere of influence of the peacock empire. He sent troops to the south of Deccan Plateau to fight against the Greek invasion in Daxia. With the efforts of Pushmidoro, the territory of the dynasty reached the Danamada River in the south, and Jalanda and Sialkot in Punjab may also be controlled by the Xiga dynasty. However, the prosperity of Xiga dynasty was only a flash in the pan, and the time was not very long. After Pushamidoro's death, the dynasty gradually declined.

The end of the Sieger Dynasty is strikingly similar to the end of the Peacock Dynasty. Around 75 BC, Su Di, the minister of Xiga Dynasty, usurped the throne and established the Ganhua Dynasty (about 75-30 BC). It is said that he used a slave girl as a queen, killed the last king of Xiga dynasty and seized the throne. The territory of Ganhua Dynasty is limited to Mojeto area, and it is a very small dynasty. This dynasty was later conquered by the kingdom of Andulo by force.

The kingdom of Andulo starts from the lower reaches of the Godavari River and Krishna River in the east of Deccan Plateau, borders the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west. This kingdom was founded by the Hara tribe in Sadaba, and probably originated from the mixed blood of Aryans and aborigines. During the Peacock Empire, this tribe was very famous, and Ashoka's inscription mentioned it many times. When the Peacock Empire declined, the Hara tribe in Sadaba carved up their land and established their own country. The kingdom of Andulo was quite powerful when King Sadagani was in power in about 1 century BC. He sent troops to attack and destroy the Ganhua dynasty and invaded the southern regions such as Jielingjia, and was called the "Southern Lord". After Sadagani's death, Andulo's national strength gradually declined, and he was attacked by foreign Serbs and forced to retreat to the southeast of Deccan Plateau. It was not until the first half of the 2nd century AD, when King Giorda Miputra and his son Lachize Tiputra ruled, that Andulo rose again. The inscription of Giorda Miputra mentions that he "drove away Serbs, Yebanas and ParaChinese". In its heyday, Andulo ruled most of Deccan Plateau, the west coast and the Krishna River Delta in the south, and became a powerful country in South India. In the 3rd century, Andulo split and gradually declined.

Kalinga is also an important country in southern India. In the late Peacock Dynasty, Jieling Jia regained its independence. During the reign of King Kalovilla (about BC 1 century), the national strength was relatively strong. He fought abroad many times, defeated the Greeks in the summer, invaded the Ganges River valley, occupied King Snake City, swept the kingdom of Pandia at the southern tip of the mainland, and expanded Jelinga's sphere of influence.

There are also some independent countries at the southern tip of South India, the most important of which are Judea, Pandia and Zheluo. These countries were founded by ancient Tamils. Tamils are descendants of the indigenous Dravidian tribe in the Indian subcontinent. After the Aryan invasion, some Dravidians were conquered and some moved to remote mountainous areas and some places in South India. Although these countries are small in scale, their economies are relatively developed, especially their overseas trade is prosperous, and their trade with the two river basins and the west is frequent. At the same time, wars often occur among small countries in order to expand their spheres of influence. For ancient Indian civilization, this is a history of harmonious development and conflict.