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Mahapadma Nanda (IAST: Mahāpadmānanda; r. c. 345–329 BCE), (died 329 BCE) according to the Puranas, was the first Nanda king of Magadha. The Puranas describe him as a son of the last Shaishunaga king Mahanandin and a Shudra woman. These texts credit him with extensive conquests that expanded the Empire far beyond the Magadha region. The ...
This legend does not name this daughter, although later, it names Durdhara as the mother of Chandragupta's son Bindusara. [8] Nanda's chief minister was Sakadala who had two sons, Sthulabhadra (297-198 BCE) and Srikaya. [9] Srikaya became the king's personal bodyguard. [9] Sthulabhadra loved the royal dancer Rupakosa and lived for 12 years with ...
Mahanandin was killed by his illegitimate son from a Shudra wife named Mahapadma Nanda. [2] References. Citations Sources. Mookerji, Radha Kumud (1988) [first ...
When Suryagupta finds it, Nanda kills the King of Magadha. Then, Nanda kills Suryagupta and becomes Mahapadma Nanda, the Emperor of Magadha. Moora escapes and delivers a boy. She hides her son in a cattle pound and is arrested by Nanda. A woman named Kanika finds Moora's son and adopts him as Chandra, unaware of his truth.
The Greek accounts name only one Nanda king—Agrammes or Xandrames—who was a contemporary of Alexander. "Agrammes" may be a Greek transcription of the Sanskrit word "Augrasainya" (literally "son or descendant of Ugrasena", Ugrasena being the name of the dynasty's founder according to the Buddhist tradition).
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List of Nanda dynasty rulers Ruler Reign (BCE) Mahapadma Nanda: 345–340 BCE Pandukananda: 340–339 BCE Pandugatinanda: 339–338 BCE Bhutapalananda: 338–337 BCE Rashtrapalananada: 337–336 BCE Govishanakananda: 336–335 BCE Dashasiddhakananda: 335–334 BCE Kaivartananda: 334–329 BCE Dhana Nanda: 329–321 BCE
The second youngest of the Nanda siblings, son of Mahapadma Nanda, elder brother of Durdhara, brother-in-law of Chandragupta, and Tarini's husband. Based on Dhana Nanda. Aditi Sanwal as Durdhara: The youngest Nanda sibling, daughter of Mahapadma Nanda, younger sister of Dhana Nanda, Chandragupta's wife and Bindusara's mother. Formerly Princess ...