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Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika (Śreṇika) and Seniya (Seṇiya) in the Jain histories [2][3] (c. 558 – c. 491 BCE[4][5] or c. 472 – c. 405 BCE[6][7]) was the King of Magadha (r. 543 – 492 BCE[8] or r. 457 – 405 BCE[6][9]) and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty. [10] He was the son of Bhattiya. [11]
- Early Life & Rise to Power
- Conquests & Marriage Alliances
- Bimbisara's Administration
- Religion
- Death & Legacy
Around the time of Bimbisara, the Indian subcontinent was forming into two major political units, the Mahajanapadas and the Janapadas. There were 16 Mahajanapadas (the name roughly means great footholds of people); these were the greater kingdoms. Some were republics ruled by a committee, while others were monarchies ruled by a dynasty. During the ...
After placing his warrior son Ajatashatru there and thereby securing complete hold over Anga (roughly modern-day Bengal and Bangladesh with some parts of Odisha), Bimbisara shifted his focus to the other powerful kingdoms of the subcontinent. He was a very able military general but, aware of the limitations of his forces against the greater kingdom...
Though Bimbisara's conquests and military exploits were limited, his greatest achievement was the system of government and administration established during his rule, which would be followed by many of the subsequent dynasties of Magadha. Bimbisara established a chain of command of officials which ensured proper taxation and collections. He was sai...
Magadha, unlike the north and northwest of India, at that time was outside the ambit of the Vedic Corpus and was sometimes looked down upon by the high-caste Hindu Brahmins. Not only that, since Magadha endorsed many other religions other than Hinduism (like Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivikaism, etc.), they were disdainfully insulted in many circles and i...
Bimbisara for all his astuteness had the follies of an early Indian king too. He always believed in his son blindly and never checked on him. Ajatashatru was ambitious right from a very young age, and he was egged on to commit patricide by other factors too. According to Buddhist sources, Ajatashatru was continuously ill-advised by Gautama Buddha's...
- Saurav Ranjan Datta
Bimbisara (born c. 543—died 491 bce) was one of the early kings of the Indian kingdom of Magadha. His expansion of the kingdom, especially his annexation of the kingdom of Anga to the east, is considered to have laid the foundations for the later expansion of the Mauryan empire.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bimbisara was one of the earliest rulers of the Magadha kingdom known for his patronage of Buddhism. Also known as Seniya Bimbisara, he was instrumental in laying foundations for the expansion of the Mauryan Empire in India.
- Bimbisara is considered the main founder of the third ruling dynasty of the Magadha, Haryanka dynasty. Initially, the capital was Rajagriha, which...
- Bimbisara is considered one of the most powerful rulers of the Magadha dynasty as he was instrumental in the Expansion of the Empire, especially af...
- Bimbisara was one of the early kings of the Magadha kingdom. He founded the supremacy of the Magadha kingdom and established a robust administrativ...
- According to Jain texts, he was known as Shrenik because he possessed a long-standing army. He ascended the throne of Magadha at the age of 15 and...
May 5, 2011 · Bimbisara was the first great king of the Haranyaka Dynasty. Most sources agree that Bimbisara was son of Bhattiya who made his son Bimbisara, a king at the age of 15 years.
Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C.E. when Alexander the Great invaded India. He ruled an area of what is now Bihar and Bengal with his capital at modern day Rajgir.
Bimbisara with his royal cortege issuing from the city of Rajagriha to visit the Buddha. Bimbisāra (T. gzugs can snying po གཟུགས་ཅན་སྙིང་པོ་; C. pinposuoluo) was a king of Magadha and a great patron of Gautama Buddha. There are several accounts of how the Buddha and the king first met.
