Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s6.15

c12.s6.15

**Udāyin’s successors** in the Purāṇas are Nandivardhana and Mahānandin. According to the Jainas he left no heir.³ The Ceylonese chroniclers place after Udāyi the kings named Anuruddha, Muṇḍa and Nāga-Dāsaka. This tradition is partially confirmed by the *Aṅguttara Nikāya* which alludes to Muṇḍa,¹ King of Pāṭaliputrā. The *Divyāvadāna*, too, mentions Muṇḍa but omits the names of Anuruddha and Nāga-Dāsaka. The *Aṅguttara Nikāya* by mentioning Pāṭaliputra as the capital of Muṇḍa indirectly confirms the tradition regarding the transfer of the Magadhan metropolis from Rājagṛiha to Kusumapura or Pāṭaliputra before his reign.