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==History==
===Pre-Mauryan===
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===Under Mauryan rule===
It is assumed that during the [[Maurya Empire|Mauryan reign]], Kosala was administratively under the viceroy at [[Kosambi|Kaushambi]].<ref>{{harvnb|Mahajan|1960|p=318}}</ref> The [[Sohgaura copper plate inscription]], probably issued during the reign of [[Chandragupta Maurya]] deals with a famine in Shravasti and the relief measures to be adopted by the officials.<ref>{{harvnb|Thapar|2001|pp=7–8}}</ref> The [[Yuga Purana]] section of the [[Yuga Purana|Garga Samhita]] mentions about the ''Yavana'' ([[Indo-Greek]]) invasion and subsequent occupation of Saket during the reign of the last [[Maurya]] ruler Brihadratha or [[Pushyamitra Shunga]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lahiri|1974|pp=21–4}}</ref>
 
===Post-Mauryan period===