Contemporaneity and Chronology of Mahavira and Buddha

Author(s): Nagrajmuni, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency

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Research and Conclusion Foundation of Nanda-dynasty
474 Accession of Nandivardhana (in Pāțliputra)
(in Avanti)
467 , , Mahānandi
456 Mahāpadama Nanda
413 , eight sons of Mahāpadma 325 Foundation of Maurya-dynasty (in Magadha) 322 Accession of Candragupta Maurya (in Magadha)
Candragupta, Maurya (In Avanti) 3131
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503
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1. Cf. the following chronologies supplied by the Mahavāṁśa, Dr.
Smith and Dr. Shanti Lal Shah respectively : (©) Mahāvaṁśa, Pariccheda IV, V.
(Taking Buddha's Nirvāṇa in 544 B.C., the eighth year of Ajātasatru's reign; the dates refer to the accession of the kings mentioned)
Regnal Period
B.C. Ajātasatru
551 Udāyibhadda Aniruddha-Munda Nāgadasaka
495 Sisunāga
471 Kālāśoka Kālāśoka's sons Nava Nandas
403 Candragupta
381 Dr. Smith : (Early History of India) Bimbi-āra Ajātsatru Darsaka
527 Udāyi
503 Nandivardhana
480 Madānandin
456 Mahāpadma Nanda
413 Song of Mahapadma Nanda
325 Candragupta
313 (Contd, on next page)
453 425
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582 551
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