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datta who was defeated and killed by Prince Seniya Bimbisāra, son of king Bhattiya of Magadha, who ruled Campå as his father's viceroy. Anga continued to be a dependency of Magadha till the reign of Khāravela of Kalinga. The Dipavamsa (p. 28) tells us that Campā was ruled by Agoka's son, Mahinda, his sons and grandsons. In the earlier phase of the war, Brahmadatta is said to have defeated Bimbisāra's father, Bhattiya. Even before that the kings of Anga were at war with those of Magadha, the victory being sometimes on this side and sometimes on the other. The Vidhurapaņdita Jātaka refers to Rājagaba as a city of Anga.
Among the peoples of Eastern India, the Magadhas or Māgadhas were destined to rise steadily into an imperial power. As a Khattiya tribo, they founded a territory round Mt. Vepulla, which was bounded on the north and west by the Ganges, on the east by Campā, and on the south by the Vindhyas, the Sone forming the western boundary of the Magadhakhetta. The Gayākhętta formed an integral part of the Magadha kingdom throughout its existence. The Mahābhārata ti. 63.30) honours king Brhadratha as the founder of Girivraja, also named Bārbadrathapura after him, while the Rāmāyana
1 Jätaka, v, p. 271.
