Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Chandaragupta Maurya and His Time by Dr. Radha Kumud Mukherjee, p.20.
(202) Muni Kalyan Vijayaji (op. cit., pp. 25-29) and Dr.
Tribuyandas Laherchand Shah (Pracina Bharata Varsa) have on the basis of a comparative study of the Jain, Puranic and Buddhist traditions, computed the regnal period of the kings of Sisunaga and Nanda dynasties. We refer our readers to these sources for the detailed discussion of the topic.
(203) According to Dr. T. L. Shah (op.cit.), after the death'
of Mahavira, Ajātasatru reigned for 30 years, Udayi for 16 years and Aniruddha - Munda for 8 years, thus, assigning Mahāvira's death in 527 B.C., the rule of Sisunaga dynasty of Mahāvira's death in 437 B.C.
According to Muni Kalyān Vijayaji (op.cit., p. 28), Ajātasatru and Udayi reigned for 37 and 33 years respectively. But Mahavira's death took place 17 years after the accession of Ajātasatru. Thus, 53 years after the death of Mahā vira, ended the rule of Sisunaga dynasty, so that 474 B.Ç. is the starting point of Nanda's rule at Magadha.
(204) Nanda's rule at Magadha started in 474-3 B.C. and
at Avanti, it started in 467 B.C. It is a well-known historical fact that at that time, there was a keen struggle between the kingdoms of Magadna and Avanti. It is quite probable that 6 or 7 years after having established his reign at Magadha, the first Nanda king would have conquered the kingdom of Avanti. It is unanimously accepted by the historians that the Nandas had established 'Ek rat' i.e. One umbrella kingdom in India (See, Political History of Ancient India by Dr. H.C. Raychaudhuri, p. 234, Age of Nandas and Mauryas by Nilkantha Shastri, pp. 11-20).
(205) According to T. L. Shah (op. cit.) 'Sisunaga was the founder of the Sisunaga dynasty (cf. Vayu Purana, ad II c, vs 314). After the death of Asayas ena, the king of Kasi and the father of 23rd Tirthankara of Jain Lord Pars vanatha, Sisunaga established his kingdom in Kasi. Then Sis