Information AboutAjatashatru |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT AJATASHATRU | |
| 461 bc deaths | |
| indian buddhists | |
| indian monarchs | |
| disciples of the buddha | |
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There is not a great deal known about Ajatashatru. What is known that he became a King of Magadha and the adjoining areas by murdering his father, Bimbisara . Also, he was a contemporary of Lord Buddha , was a patron of the then-new religion of Buddhism , and he let the Sangha function in his Kingdom. Some details of him are given in the earliest Buddhist scriptures. According to Romila Thapar , Ajatashatru was responsible for building Pataliputra and strengthening the defences of the Magadhan capital, Rajagriha . The same historian reports that Ajatashatru murdered his father and predecessor Bimbisara in order to accede to the throne, undertook the annexation of the kingdoms of Kosala and Kashi , and pursued a sixteen-year war against the Vriji confederacy of north Bihar and Nepal . REFERENCES
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