Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)

The Mitra dynasty was ended when Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire annexed Kosambi in the middle of the 4th century CE.

After the Mauryas and Shungas lost control of the area, Kosambi established itself as a solid independent civic centre.

The bull was a common symbol when the coinage minted by the city evolved to have a more robust local character.

Princes with royal blood would have been sent to govern the provinces, and after the central power had weakened they would have established their own dynasties.

Some numismatic evidence for the possible connection between Mitras and the Shunga dynasty descending from Pushyamitra has been found.

It is worth to note that there is numismatic evidence to support this theory, as Magadha is not known to not have produced any typical regional coinage unlike the contemporary Kosambi, Mathura or Panchala.

[9] According to the theory proposed by 19th-century archaeologists, and supported by Indian scholars such as Upinder Singh, the Allahabad pillar came from somewhere else, probably Kosambi.

[10] The Edicts of Ashoka suggest that the pillar was first erected at Kosambi, some 50 kilometers west of its current location.

Sungavarma's name includes the epithet Sunga, and that makes it possible to link him with the ruling dynasty of the Shunga Empire.

[7] A genealogy constructed from the Bharhut inscriptions would link the above-mentioned kings to the Mitra dynasty so that Visvadeva would be father of Agaraju.

[2][17] The symbols in one of Radhamitra's series of coins make a clear connection with other rulers of Kosambi such as Asvaghosa, Brhaspatimitra, Agnimitra, Sarpamitra, Prajapatimitra, Jyesthamitra and Prausthamitra.