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Chandra Gupta is said to be contemporary of Bhadrabahu whose date 371-357 B.C. does not also appear to be correct.
It is therefore difficult to reconcile e difference of 60 years (372-312), although we nd this last date viz, 312 B.C. referred to in other Jain works of high antiquity, as the date of this king. Moreover there is only difference of 9 or 10 years in this date of the great king and the one, generally acknowledged by the Western Orientalists. Hema Chandra must have omitted by oversight, to Count the period of 60 years of King Paluka after Mahavira.
It appears from the Jain records that the king Srenika, son of the king Prasenajit, known otherwise as Bimbisara or Bambhasara, reigning at Rajgriha and was a contemporary of Mahavira. He was succeeded by his son Asoka Chandra or Kunika who removed his capital from Rajgriha to Champa and was followed by his son Udayee. It was he who founded Pâtaliputra and removed his capital from Champâ to the new city and died without any issue. Then came the 9 Nanda kings followed up by Mourya kings beginning with Chandra Gupta.
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