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| title = [[Empress consort]] of the [[Maurya Empire]]
| title = Agramahisi
| succession = [[Empress Consort]] of the [[Maurya Empire]]
| succession = [[Empress Consort]] of the [[Maurya Empire]]
| reign = {{Circa|268 BCE|232 BCE}}
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| issue = [[Kunala]]
| issue = [[Kunala]]
| religion = [[Buddhism]]
| religion = [[Buddhism]]
| predecessor1 = [[Asandhimitra]]
| successor1 = Unknown
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'''Padmavati''' was an empress and third wife of the third [[Mauryan]] [[Emperor]], [[Ashoka]]{{sfn|Singh|2008|p=332}} ({{reign|{{circa|268|232 BC}}}}) and the mother of his second son, the [[Yuvaraja|Crown Prince]] [[Kunala]]. She was also the grandmother of [[Emperor]] [[Samprati]].{{sfn|Lahiri|2015|p=284}}
'''Padmavati''' was an empress and third wife of the third [[Mauryan]] [[Emperor]], [[Ashoka]]{{sfn|Singh|2008|p=332}} ({{reign|{{circa|268|232 BC}}}}) and the mother of his second son, the [[Yuvaraja|Crown Prince]] [[Kunala]]. She was also the grandmother of [[Emperor]] [[Samprati]].{{sfn|Lahiri|2015|p=284}}

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Padmavati
Agramahisi
Empress Consort of the Maurya Empire
Reignc. 268 BCE – c. 232 BCE
PredecessorAsandhimitra
SuccessorUnknown
Bornc. 302 BC
DiedAfter 232 BCE
SpouseAshoka (m. 268 BCE)
IssueKunala
DynastyMaurya
ReligionBuddhism

Padmavati was an empress and third wife of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka[1] (r.c. 268 – c. 232 BC– ) and the mother of his second son, the Crown Prince Kunala. She was also the grandmother of Emperor Samprati.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Singh 2008, p. 332.
  2. ^ Lahiri 2015, p. 284.

References

  • Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson Education India. ISBN 9788131716779.
  • Lahiri, Nayanjot (2015). Ashoka in Ancient India. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674057777.