Shishunaga Dynasty

   Shishunaga Dynasty

Shishunaga dynasty (412 BC - 344 BC)

• Founder - Shishunaga
• Next successor & Last ruler - Kalashoka

Shishunaga - Shishunaga completely annexed Avanti. He shifted his capital from Patliputra to Vaishali. After his death his son Kalashoka became the next ruler.

Kalashoka - Also known as Kakvarna. During the tenure of Kalashoka, Second Buddhist council was convened in 383 BC at Vaishali, in which informal division of Buddhism happened.

Kalashoka was assassinated by a person named Mahapadma Nanda who established Nanda dynasty in Magadha in 344 BC. It was the first non-kshatriya dynasty of Magadha.

(Kalashoka had an extra-marital relation with a Shudra lady named Padma. They had a son named Mahapadma Nanda but Kalashoka refused to accept it so Mahapadma Nanda assassinated Kalashola. Also, because of this he took resolve to eliminate all Kshatriya from Magadha)

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