Shaishunaga dynasty
Shaishunaga Dynasty | |||||||||||||
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| 413 BCE–345 BCE | |||||||||||||
Approximate extent of the Shaishunaga dynasty. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Rajgir (primary) Vaishali (secondary) later Pataliputra | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Sanskrit Magadhi Prakrit Other Prakrits | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Brahmanism Buddhism Jainism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 413–395 BCE | Shishunaga | ||||||||||||
• 395–367 BCE | Kalashoka | ||||||||||||
• 367–355 BCE | Nandivardhana | ||||||||||||
• 355–345 BCE | Mahanandin | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 413 BCE | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 345 BCE | ||||||||||||
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The Shaishunaga dynasty (IAST: Śaiśunāga, literally "of Shishunaga") was possibly the second ruling dynasty of Magadha. According to the Buddhist text Mahavamsa, this dynasty was the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, succeeding Nagadashaka of the Haryanka dynasty. The Hindu Puranas have given a different list with different chronology of the Shaishunaga dynasty kings, whereas Jain texts do not mention this dynasty.