Ruler · 501 – 460 BCE

Ajatashatru

Lived 501 – 460 BCE; ruler. King of Magadha, 492 BCE – 460 BCE; also in the line of Haryanka dynasty, Champa and Kosala.

Wikidata's English label: Ajatasatru.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 501 BCE – 460 BCE; 41 years
In office: 32 years; one reign
Lines: 4; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

King

Magadha · the 2nd of 8 dated reigns · 544 BCE – 345 BCE

Bimbisara544 BCE – 492 BCE

Ajatashatru492 BCE – 460 BCE

Udayabhadra460 BCE – 444 BCE

Anuruddha444 BCE – 441 BCE

Nagadasaka437 BCE – 413 BCE

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 492 BCE – 460 BCE · 32 years · came to it aged 9

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of Haryanka dynasty (2nd of 5), Champa (1st of 2) and Kosala.

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