[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c11.s1 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c11.s1: Chronology (Approximate) of Śaiśunāga and Nanda Dynasties The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c11.s1 - **Language:** English ### Chronology (Approximate) of Śaiśunāga and Nanda Dynasties ### [c11.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c11.s1.1) | \*Serial No.\* | \*King (Matsya Purāṇa).\* | \*Length of Reign. (Matsya P.)\* | \*Probable date of Accession.\* | \*Remarks.\* | | | \*\*Śaiśunāga Dynasty.\*\* | | \*\*B. C.\*\* | | | 1 | Śiśunāga . . . | 40 | ? 642 | Originally Rājā of Kāsī or Benares. | | 2 3 4 | Kākavarṇa . . Kshemadharman Kshemajit or Kshatraujas . | .26 / 36 / 24 126 | .. .. .. | .Nothing known. Sixty / years allowed for four / reigns. | | 5 | Bimbisāra. . . | 28 | \*c.\* 582 | Built New Rājagṛiha ; annexed Anga ; contemporary with Mahāvīra and Gautama Buddha. | | 6 | Ajātaśatru . . | 27 | \*c.\* 554 | Death of Buddha, 543 ; built fort of Pāṭaliputra ; wars with Kosala and Vaisālī ; death of Mahāvīra. | | 7 | Darśaka . . . | 24 | \*c.\* 527 | See \*Svapna-Vāsavadatta\* of Bhāsa. | | 8 | Udāsin or Udaya | 33 | \*c.\* 503 | Built city of Kusumapura near Pāṭaliputra. | | 9 10 | Nandivardhana . Mahānandin . . | .40 / 43 83 | ? 470 .. | Nothing known ; reigns probably shorter in reality : 57 years allowed. | | | \*Total\* . . \*Average\* . | \*\*321\*\* \*\*32·1\*\* | \*\*\*c.\* 229\*\* \*\*22·9\*\* \*\*(maximum possible 25·0)\*\* | The \*Matsya\* assigns either 360 or ? 163 (Pargiter, p. 69) to the dynasty, as a whole. | | | \*\*Nanda Dynasty.\*\* | | | | | .11 / 12 | Mahāpadma, &c., 9 ; 2 generations | . 100 | 413 | 91 years allowed. Low caste heretics, hostile to Brahmans and Kshatriyas ; destroyed by Chandragupta and Kautilya. | | | \*\*Maurya Dynasty.\*\* | | | | | 13 | Chandragupta . | 24 | 322 (?325) | Date approximately correct. | ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Svapnavāsavadatta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.svapnavasavadatta) — Bhāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c11.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c11.s1) · Pramāṇa