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Serial No. | King (Vayu Purana) | Length of Reign Vayu P | Length of Reign Assumed | Probable date of Accession | Remarks |
SAISUNAGA DYNASTY | B.C. | Nothing known | |||
1 | Sisunaga | 40 } | } | 600 | |
2 | Sakavarna | 36 } | } | ... | |
3 | Kshemadharman | 20 } 136 | } 81 | ... | |
4 | Kshattraujas | 40 } | } | ... | |
5 | Bimbisara | 28 | 28 | 519 | Built New Rajagriha; annexed Anga; contemporary with Mahavira and Gautama Buddha; voyage of Skylax, cir. 500. |
6 | Ajatasatru | 25 | 32 | 491 | Parricide; death of Mahavira, cir. 490; death of Buddha, 487; built fort of Pataliputra; wars with Kosala and Vaisali |
7 | Darsaka (Harshaka) | 25 | 25 | 459 | Nothing known |
8 | Udaya | 33 | 33 | 434 | Built city of Pataliputra |
9 | Nandivardhana | 42 } | } | 401 | Nothing known |
10 | Mahanandin | 43 } 85 | } 40 | ... | Nothing known |
Total | 332 | 239 | |||
Average | 33.2 | 23.9 | |||
NANDA DYNASTY | |||||
11 | Mahapadma, etc. | } | } | } 361 | |
12 | 9; 2 generations | } 100 | } 40 | } | |
MAURYA DYNASTY | |||||
13 | Chandragupta | 24 | 24 | 321 | |
14 | Bindusara | 25 | 25 | 297 | |
15 | Asoka | 36 | 40 | 272 | Tibetan tradition reckons 10 reigns from No. 6, Ajatasatru, to No.15, Asoka, inclusive; and places Asoka’s accession in 234 A.B. (Rockhill, Life of the Buddha, pp. 33, 233). He is said to have visited Khotan in 260 and 254 A. B. (J.A.S.B. 1886, part 1, pp. 105, 197). |
Death of Asoka | cir. 232 | ||||
End of Maurya Dynasty | cir. 184 |
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage