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Haryanka Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
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| 544 BCE–413 BCE | |||||||||||||||||
![The approximate extent of the Haryanka dynasty between the 6th and 5th century BCE.[1]](view_image.php?q=Haryanka_dynasty&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Magadha_Expansion_(6th-4th_centuries_BCE).png) The approximate extent of the Haryanka dynasty between the 6th and 5th century BCE.[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Rajagriha later Pataliputra | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Magadhi Prakrit Other Prakrits | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism[2] Jainism[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||||||
• 544-492 BCE | Bimbisara | ||||||||||||||||
• 492-460 BCE | Ajatashatru | ||||||||||||||||
• 460-444 BCE | Udayin | ||||||||||||||||
• 444-440 BCE | Anuruddha | ||||||||||||||||
• 440-437 BCE | Munda | ||||||||||||||||
• 437-413 BCE | Nāgadāsaka | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 544 BCE | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 413 BCE | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||||||
The Haryanka dynasty was the first of the four dynasties of the Magadhan Empire in ancient India. Initially, the capital was Rajagriha. Later, it was shifted to Pataliputra, near present-day Patna in India during the reign of Udayin. Bimbisara is considered as the founder of the dynasty.
According to Buddhist text, the Mahavamsa, Bimbisara was appointed king by his father, Bhattiya, at the age of fifteen. This dynasty was succeeded by the Shishunaga dynasty.[5]
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical Atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 145, map XIV.1 (a). ISBN 0226742210.
- ^ Hazra, Kanai Lal (1984). Royal Patronage of Buddhism in Ancient India. D.K. Publications. pp. 37–39. ISBN 978-0-86590-167-4.
- ^ Dundas, Paul (2 September 2003). The Jains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-50165-6.
- ^ Rao 2012, p. 92.
- ^ Raychaudhuri 1972, pp. 97