Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s5.2
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s5.2
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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. |
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- Jātaka — Pāli