Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s5.60

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After Āmrapālī “became a courtesan, Bimbisāra, King of Magadha, heard of her through Gopāla. He visited her at Vaiśālī, though he was at war with the Licchavis, and remained with her seven days”. This also points to the fact that hostility existed between the Vesālian Licchavis and the Magadhan king.⁷ Whether we accept these stories as true or not, it seems most likely from the *Cīvaravastu's* account and from Ajātasattu's embittered remarks about the Vajjis, as well as from his firm resolve to destroy them,¹ that something really harmful and injurious had been earlier inflicted on the Magadhan king at the hands of the Vajjis, now his avowed enemies.