BOOK I: ANCIENT INDIA y.com

District, and probably including Monghyr (Mungir). This annexation was the first step in Magadha’s progress to greatness during historical times. After a reign of twenty-eight years Bimbisara abdicated in favour of his son Ajatasatru or Kuniya, who is said to have starved his father to death, according to Buddhist stories. ................
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