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Mahanandin was the last king of the
Shishunaga dynasty of the
Indian subcontinent. The
dynasty ruled parts of
ancient India around the city of Pataliputra...
- Magadha. The
Puranas describe him as a son of the last
Shaishunaga king
Mahanandin and a
Shudra woman.
These texts credit him with
extensive conquests that...
- Ajaya, Nandivardhana, and
Mahanandin.
Other Puranas list
Nandivardhana as the
ninth Shaishunaga king and his son
Mahanandin as the
tenth and the last...
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founded this
dynasty in 344 BCE
after murdering his own father, King
Mahanandin. This
dynasty was the shortest-living
dynasty of Magadha,
ruling for only...
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Carthaginians ravage and
blockade Entella. Nicochares,
Athenian poet of the Old
Comedy Mahanandin, last king of the
Shishunaga dynasty of the
Indian subcontinent....
- as the
fourth king
after Darshaka.
Puranas mention Nandivardhana and
Mahanandin as
successors of Udayin.
According to
Buddhist tradition, Anurudhha, Munda...
- was
overthrown by the
Shishunaga dynasty. The last
Shishunaga ruler,
Mahanandin, was ********inated by
Mahapadma Nanda in 345 BCE, the
first of the so-called...
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founder as Mahapadma, and
claim that he was the son of the
Shaishunaga king
Mahanandin. However, even
these texts hint at the low
birth of the Nandas, when they...
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successors of
Bimbisara as Ajatashatru, Darshaka, Udayin,
Nandivardhana and
Mahanandin. The
Matsya Purana names Vamsaka as the
successor of Ajatashatru. Since...
- last
ruler of
dynasty overthrowed by
Shishunaga in 413 BCE) Rulers- (
Mahanandin lost his
empire by his
illegitimate son
Mahapadma Nanda in 345 BCE) Rulers-...
