Legendary kings of Magadha
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Magadha empire was established very likely by semi-mythical king Jarasandha who was a son of Brihadratha, as it stated in the Puranas, one of the descendants of eponymical Puru. Jarasandha appears in the Mahabharatha as the Magadhan Emperor who rules all India and meets with an unceremonious ending. His descendants, according to the Vayu Purana, ruled Magadha for 1000 years followed by the Pradyota dynasty which ruled for 138 years. However, no sufficient evidence to prove the historicity of this claim. However, these rulers are mentioned in the Hindu texts, Buddhist texts and Jaina texts.
King Bimbisara, also known as King Shrenik, ruled this kingdom from 543-491 BC and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty. Here, the regime duration stated by Aryabhata (476–550 AD) are also given.
Kings in the Vayu Purana
The list of legendary kings of Magadha according to the Vayu Purana are as follows
Reign of Magadhan Kings (Pradyota Dynasty) | ||||||||||||
Emperor | Reign start (According to Modern Historians)[citation needed] | Reign end (According to Modern Historians)[citation needed] | Reign start (According to Aryabhata)[citation needed] | Reign end (According to Aryabhata)[citation needed] | ||||||||
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Pradyota | 779 BC | 776 BC | 2122 BC | 2119 BC | ||||||||
Palaka | 776 BC | 752 BC | 2119 BC | 2085 BC | ||||||||
Visakhayupa | 752 BC | 702 BC | 2085 BC | 2035 BC | ||||||||
Janaka | 702 BC | 681 BC | 2035 BC | 2014 BC | ||||||||
Nandivardhdhana | 681 BC | 661 BC | 2014 BC | 1994 BC |
Kings in the Matsya Purana
Reign of Magadhan Kings (Pradyota Dynasty) | ||||||||||||
Emperor | Reign start (According to Modern Historians)[citation needed] | Reign end (According to Modern Historians)[citation needed] | Reign start (According to Aryabhata)[citation needed] | Reign end (According to Aryabhata)[citation needed] | ||||||||
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Pradyota | 832 BC | 809 BC | 2122 BC | 2119 BC | ||||||||
Palaka | 809 BC | 781 BC | 2119 BC | 2085 BC | ||||||||
Visakhayupa | 781 BC | 728 BC | 2094 BC | 2041 BC | ||||||||
Suryaka | 708 BC | 687 BC | 2041 BC | 2020 BC | ||||||||
Nandivardhdhana | 687 BC | 667 BC | 2020 BC | 2000 BC |
Preceded by
None
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Magadha dynasties | Succeeded by Pradyota dynasty |
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