Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s5: Appendix
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s5
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Appendix
c3.s5.1
(In the following list have been included the Kāsī kings who are not discussed in the foregoing chapter, since they have no historical character. Similarly the Brahmadattas have also been left out. The object in giving this list is to note down the names of kings and princes which may help, in future, in historical research.)
c3.s5.2
| Name. | Reference. | Remarks. |
| Arindama | V, 247-61 | A Magadha Prince—educated at Takkasilā—occupied the vacant throne of Benares—his son was Dīghāvu. |
| Asadisa | II, 87. | ...... |
| Ādāsamukha | II, 307 *ff.* | Son of Janasandha. |
| Uggasena | IV, 458. | ...... |
| Ekarāja | VI, 131 *ff.* | Son of Vasavatti—capital city Benares known as Pupphavatī—had a priest named Khandhahāla. |
| Kandari | V, 437 | Very handsome—his wife Kinnarā intrigoud with a crippled man—King disgusted—episode sculptured at Bərhut. |
| Kiki | VI, 481 | *Cf.* Majjhima Nokāya II; Pradhan, *Chronology of Ancient India*, p. 215. |
| Ghaṭa | III, 168. | ...... |
| Janaka | III, 341 | Had a wise preacher named Senaka. |
| Janasandha | II, 299 ; IV, 176 | Also known as Dasaratha—Father of Ādāsamukha who succeeded him. |
| Juhna | IV, 96-7 | Son of Brahmadatta—studied at Takkasilā. |
| Tamba | III, 187 *ff.* | His wife was Sussoṇḍi, a woman of exceeding beauty—She was abducted by the king of the Nāga Island of Seruma who used to come to Benares to play dice with Tamba—She was returned. |
c3.s5.3
| Name. | Reference. | Remarks. |
| Dalhadhamma | III, 385 *ff.* | ...... |
| Dhanañjaya | III, 97 *ff.* | ...... |
| Dahmmapāla | III, 178 | Son of Mahāpatāpa, the cruel. |
| Pādañjali | II, 264 | Son of a Brahmadatta—a ‘lazy loafer’—prevented from ascending to the throne. |
| Pāvāriya | V, 443-4 | Contemporary with Baka, king of Benares—*Cf.* Pāvārika-ambavana near Nālandā. |
| Piliyakkha | VI, 75 *ff.* | Went on a hunting excursion on the banks of the Migasammatā, fatally wounded a young boy Sāma, son of a hunter. |
| Baka | V, 440 | Contemporary with Pāvāriya. |
| Bahuputtaka | IV, 424 *ff.* | Built a lake Khema named after his queen. |
| Bhojanasuddhi | II, 319 *ff.* | Dainty in eating. |
| Mādhava | III, 337 *ff.* | A Māgadha. |
| Mahāpatāpa | III, 178 | Had his son, Dhammapāla, seven years old, executed for a slight offence on the part of his mother Candā. |
| Mahāpiṅgala | III, 240 *ff.* | Wicked and unjust-oppressed his people. |
| Yasapāṇi | II, 186 *ff.* | His *purohita* was Dhammaddhaja and commander-in-chief was Kālaka—Kālaka used to take bribes—Dhammaddhaja appointed to judgeship instead—Kālaka jealous—killed by angry people. |
| Yava | III, 215 *ff.* | Son of a Brahmadatta—had to guard himself against the attacks of his young son who grew impatient for the throne. |
| Vasavatti | VI, 131 | Ruled at Pupphavatī, another name of Benares—his son was Ekarāja. |
c3.s5.4
| Name. | Reference. | Remarks. |
| Sabbadatta | IV, 119 | Ruled at Ramma, another name of Benares—had two sons Yuvañjaya and Yudhiṭṭhila |
| Saṃyama or Seyya | V, 354 | Queen Khemā. |
| Sāmarājā | II, 98 *ff.* | ...... |
| Susīma | II, 46 *ff.* | ...... |
| Senaka | III, 275 | Had friendly relations with the Nāgas. |
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