5 results for “अजातशत्रु”
Bimbisara and Ajatashatru played crucial roles in the early expansion of Magadha. Bimbisara conquered Anga and used diplomatic marriage alliances, while Ajatashatru continued expansion through major conflicts with Kosala and the Vajji confederacy.
Magadha's rise cannot be explained by a single factor. Fertile agricultural land, river communication, access to iron-bearing regions, elephants, the defensible setting of Rajagriha, the strategic advantages of Pataliputra and ambitious rulers such as Bimbisara and Ajatashatru all contributed to its expansion.
Buddhism spread from northern India to Sri Lanka, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and Tibet. Royal patronage, trade routes, monasteries, travelling monks, translation movements and local adaptation all played major roles in this expansion.
After the Haryankas, the Shishunaga dynasty maintained Magadha's growing power and is associated with the absorption of Avanti. The Nandas then developed Magadha into an exceptionally wealthy and militarily powerful state. Mahapadma Nanda is associated with major expansion, while Dhana Nanda is generally regarded as the last Nanda ruler before the rise of Chandragupta Maurya.
By around the sixth century BCE, a number of large territorial states known as Mahajanapadas had emerged across northern India and adjoining regions. The Anguttara Nikaya preserves a famous list of sixteen. Magadha, Kosala, Vatsa and Avanti became major powers, while polities such as Vajji followed forms of gana-sangha political organisation.
