Suvas 1939 05 Pustak 01 Ank 11

SR No.: 034623
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Suvas Karyalay
Publisher: Suvas Karyalay
Publication Year: 1939
Total Pages: 66
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Suvas, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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468 48 : šlole IESU Dasarath as his successor in absence of having any direct des. cendant; but when Priyadarsin was born, he must have changed the arrangement and must have appointed Dasarath as the independent king of the province of Magadh; and Priyadarsin must have continued him in the same position, due to his respect for his grandfather 26. The separate branch, thus established, may have continued to rule Magadh upto 4th or 6th century A. D. .
It might also be suggested that Priyadaráin must have added one more name to his already long list, by assuming the name Dasarath, after his accession to the throne, and thus Samprati, Priyadarsin and Dasarath may have been names of the same individual"?. But the fact that, when Dasarath died, Priyadarsin appointed his brother Sāliśuk as the governor of Magadha, frustrates this theory. Sāliśuk was the governor of Saurāsţra at the time of this appointment.
Thus we come to the conclusion that Priyadarsin was the eldest son of Kuņāl, that Dasarath was the son of the younger brother of Kunal and that Asoka had appointed Dasarath as the next heir to the throne as long as Priyadarsin was not born.
Samprati was born in B. C. 304=A. M. 223. No sooner was Asoka made aware of the happy fact that Kuñal had a son than 316 B. C. The probable date of Dasarath's birth, therefore, must be 314 B.C. Samprati was born nearly 11 years later in 303 B. C.
(26) Pp. 239 above; M. S. I., pp. 654:-"Evidence to the effect that Samprati ruled over Magadh is not wanting. According to Mr. Smith-Asoka, Smith, pp. 70—"The Mauryan empire was divided into two parts after the death of Asoka. The capital of the eastern portion was Patliputra, and it was ruled by Dasarath. Ujjaipi was the capital of the western portion and Samprati fulod over it. The Puranas have included Samprati in their chronological list of the emperors of Magadh."
(27) C. H. I. pp. 166:-The account of Dasarath, the governor of Magadh, contains the words, "Samprati, another grandson of Asoka, who reigned probably at Ujjain." The writer has stated these words on the authority of a Jaina book. The book, however, does not have the word "another" in it, which the writer seems to have added on his own account. But one thing becomes clear from this and that is, Samprati, like Dasarath, was a grandson of Asoka. (We have yet to decide whether Dasarath and Samprati are names of different individuals or of the same; and who succeeded Asoka on the throne. Read the appendix at the end of the book for this).
(28) Pp. 239 above.