History
The most ancient dynasty of magadha was established by brahdrath
Brahdrath son was jarasandh
Capital of magadha was giribraj (rajgriha)
Rulers
Bimbisara (544 bc – 492 bc)
Follower of buddhism
‘bimbisara’ founded haryak dynasty
Got the throne of magadha in 545 bc.
Ruled for 52 years on magadha made rajgriha as its capital.
Bimbisara’s son ajatsatru killed him and got the throne in 493 bc
Ajatshatru (492 bc – 460 bc)
Follower of jainism
Ruled magadha for 32 years
Also known as ‘kunik’
Got victory over vaishali with the help of his efficient minister vasskar
Ajatshatru’s son udayan killed his father ajatshatru in 461 bc
Udyana (460 bc – 444 bc)
Got the throne of magadha in 461 bc
Follower of jainism.
Established ‘patilgram’.
Udyan’s son was nagadashaka
Anuruddha (444 bc – 440 bc)
Munda (440 bc – 437 bc)
Nagdashaka (437 bc – 413 bc)
Nagdashaka was the last king of haryak dynasty
Nagdashaka’s minister shishunaga dethroned him
Shishunaga dynasty
Rulers
Shishunaga (413 bc – 395 bc)
Shishunaga established shishunag dynasty
Changed his capital from patliputra to vaishali
Kalashoka (395 bc – 367 bc)
Kalashok (also known as kakavarna) was the successor of shishunaga
Restablised patliputra as the capital
Nandivarmana (367 bc – 355 bc)
Mahanandin (355 bc – 345 bc)
Last king of shishunag dynasty He was killed by mahapadamananda (according to puranas)