Nandivardhana | |
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Gaṇa Mukhya of the Nāya Republic | |
Predecessor | Siddhartha |
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Dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty |
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Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the chief of the Nāya Republic in Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar).[1][2] He was the elder brother of Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. His father was Siddhartha.[3]