1) According to Shatpath Brahman, राष्ट्रं वा अश्वमेध It is important to note that Vedic Sanskrit is void of any nouns, which means that every word has It's meaning.
अश्व means Speed.

2) The first text that says Pushyamitra p€र$€cuted Buddhists, i.e. Divyavadana https://twitter.com/ImBodhisattva/status/1265903685038678016

Can't even pin point where Pushyamitra conducted his raids, or How he died. The text was written 400 years after his rule.

The text uses the word Dinara (For Gold Coins) which came in use in 1st century CE, 200 years after Shunga's death.

The same text says that

Pushyamitra Shunga was the *Last* mauryan king, and that Ashoka maurya p€र$€cuted Ajivikas, Which is Baseless.

Malavikagnimitra (written during Shunga's rule) by Kalidasa says that Bhagvati Kaushiki was a Buddhist Nun in Shunga Court.

Another Sri Lankan Buddhist text

Mahavamsa, says that Pushyamitra generously donated to Buddhist Stupas and Viharas.

Romila Thapar, in her book, Ashoka and the decline of the mauryas, says that There's No Contemporary Evidence for Buddhist P€r$€cution during Shunga rule, either Written or Archaeological.....

... On the contrary, There are Evidences, Both Archaeological and Written, that Pushyamitra Shunga considered Buddhists as his "Brethren" and usually participated in Philosophical Debates with Buddhist Monks. If the Monks won, Their institutions were funded by Shungas.
.........

..... So on What basis, are you saying

That Pushyamitra Shunga p€r$€cuted Buddhists, When there are hard evidences against the Claim?

Moreover, Mauryans were never biased against any Dharma. So, How is it that .....

.... Shunga uprising is considered as a Religious stunt than a Political one?

The Facts are against you, Filthy Navayani. Accept that you are a Lie Propagater.