Showing posts with label Indian Great Kings and Emperor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Great Kings and Emperor. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 July 2015

AJATSATRU

AJATSATRU WAS MONARCH OF HUGE KINGDOM Magadha  WHICH COVERED ALL OF MODERN INDIAN STATES BIHAR,CHANDIGARH,HARYANA,H.P.,DELHI,U.P.,1/4 of North M.p.,chattisgarh, bit of Jharkhand and west bengal.

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Ajātasatru

 Ajātaśatru (ruled c. 492–c. 460 BCE) was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in North India. He was the son of King Bimbisara (558–491 BCE). He was contemporary with Mahavira (540–468 BCE) and Gautama Buddha (563–483 BCE). He took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father, forcefully by imprisoning him. He fought a war against Vajji, ruled by theLichhavis, and conquered the republic of Vaisali. Ajātasattu followed policies of conquest and expansion. He defeated his neighbors including the king of Kosala; his brothers, when at odds with him, went to Kashi, which had been given to Bimbisara as dowry. This led to a war between Magadha and Kosala. Ajātasattu occupied Kashi and captured the smaller kingdoms. Magadha under Ajātasattu became the most powerful kingdom in North India.

Pasenadi (Sanskrit: Prasenajit)

Pasenadi (SanskritPrasenajit) (c. 6th century BCE) was a Aikṣvāka dynasty (a dynasty founded by King Ikṣvāku) ruler of Kosala. He succeeded his father Sanjaya Mahākosala.[1] He was a prominent Upāsaka (lay follower) of Gautama Buddha, who built many Buddhist monasteries.

Life

Pasenadi studied in Taxila in his early life. His first queen was a Magadhan princess. His second queen was Vāsavakhattiyā, daughter of Mahānāma, a Śākya by a slave girl Nāgamundā.Though she was a slave girl not the original daughter of Mahanama. From this marriage, he had a son, Viḍūḍabha and a daughter Princess Vajira, whom he married to Ajatashatru. His third and chief queen was Mallika, daughter of the chief of garland-makers. Once, while he was away from his capital Shravasti, his minister Dīgha Chārāyana placed his son Viḍūḍabha on the throne. He went to Magadha to seek help from Ajatashatru in order to regain his throne. But before being able to meet him, Pasenadi died of exposure outside the gates of Rajagriha. The Puranas instead ofViḍūḍabha mention the name of Kṣudraka as his successor.-source wikipedia.org