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Name: Shishunaga Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 412 BC

End: 345 BC

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The Haryanka dynasty was overthrown by the Shishunaga dynasty that thereafter ruled over the Indian region of Magadha.

Establishment


  • January 412 BC: The Haryanka dynasty was overthrown by the Shishunaga dynasty.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 399 BC: Expansion of the Magadha Kingdom until 400 BC.

  • January 379 BC: Expansion of the Magadha Kingdom until 380 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 344 BC: The last Shishunaga ruler, Mahanandin, was assassinated by Mahapadma Nanda in 345 BC, the first of the so-called "Nine Nandas".
  • Selected Sources


  • Schwartzberg,J. E. (1992): A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Minneapolis (USA), Plate III.B.4b (p.18) and Plate XIV.1a-c (p.145).
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