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triya Siddhartha, instead of addressing him by the name of King Siddhartha. Similarly, Queen Trishala has been addressed as Kshtriyani Trisala by them. From this we conclude that although Siddhartha might not have been a great king or he might have been a ruler of a small territory, still he belonged to a very respectable royal family of his time, just as the king of Vaishalie did. Therefore, it is quite reasonable that inspite of being a very small ruler he was held in a higher esteem by the contemporary kings than other Kshtriya chiefs of his position. There can be no ground for disbelieving this statement.
THE PARENTS OF QUEEN TRISHALA.
Lady Trishala was the daughter of Chetaka the ruler of Vaishalie She was married to Siddhartha,a chief of Kshatriya Kunda Grama, which was situated in the neighbourhood of Vaishali perhaps that is the reason why the name of Siddhartha is found mentioned in Indian histories side by side with the names of other great kings of that time. As Siddhartha was the son-in-law of a great king, he must have been treated very respectfully by others. King Chetaka was a follower of Jain religion. The mention of his name at many places in the Jain sutras shows that he must have been a staunch Jain. Another reason of his celebrity in the scriptures seems to be that he was one of the nearest relations of Lord Mahavira.
Besides Trishala, Chetaka had another daughter named Chelana. She was married to Bimbasara (Shrenika ) king of Maghada. The name of king Bimbasara is equally celebrated in the religious scriptures both of the Buddhists and the Jains which shows that at some time he must have been a
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