Mahanandin (original) (raw)

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Shishunaga king of India from c. 355 to 345 BC

Mahanandin
King of Magadha
Reign c. 355 - 345 BCE[_citation needed_]
Predecessor Nandivardhana
Successor Mahapadma Nanda
Died 345 BCE
Issue possibly Mahapadma Nanda and several others
Father Nandivardhana

Mahanandin was the last king of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Indian subcontinent. The dynasty ruled parts of ancient India around the city of Pataliputra (present day Patna, Bihar).

Puranas list Nandivardhana as the ninth Shishunaga king and his son Mahanandin as the tenth and the last Shishunaga king.[1] Mahanandin was killed by his illegitimate son from a Shudra wife named Mahapadma Nanda.[2]

  1. ^ Smith 2008, p. 37.
  2. ^ Mookerji 1988, p. 10.