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	Ajatashatru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		What is known that he became a King of Magadha and the adjoining areas by murdering his father, Bimbisara.
		According to Romila Thapar, Ajatashatru was responsible for building Pataliputra and strengthening the defences of the Magadhan capital, Rajagriha.
		The same historian reports that Ajatashatru murdered his father and predecessor Bimbisara in order to accede to the throne, undertook the annexation of the kingdoms of Kosala and Kashi, and pursued a sixteen-year war against the Vriji confederacy of north Bihar and Nepal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ajatashatru (188 words)

	Magadha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the death of Bimbisara at the hands of his son, Ajatashatru, the widowed princess of Kosala also died of grief, causing King Prasenajit to revoke the gift of Kashi and triggering a war between Kosala and Magadha.
		Ajatashatru was trapped by an ambush and captured with his army; but in a peace treaty he, his army, and Kashi were restored to Magadha, and he married Prasenajit's daughter.
		The capital of the Mauryan Empire, Pataliputta (modern Patna), was begun as a Magadhan fortress and became the capital sometime after Ajatashatru's reign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magadha (796 words)

	History of India
		Ajatashatru strengthened Rajagriha, and built a small fort, Pataligrama, in the vicinity of the Ganges.
		The king of Koshala was his maternal uncle, but this did not prevent Ajatashatru from annexing Koshala and continuing the advance west until he had included Kashi in his dominion.
		The rise of Magadha was not merely due to the political ambitions of Bimbisara and Ajatashatru, for, although latter was succeeded by a series of unworthy rulers, Magadha remained powerful.
	indiansaga.com /history/magadha_ajatshatru.html (307 words)

	Who's Who on the Gohonzon? Yet more Vedic Devas...
		Ajatashatru was terrified by this apparition, but when he found out it was actually Devadatta he was very impressed by this supernatural display.
		Ajatashatru himself was eventually overcome by guilt because of his misdeeds and even developed life threatening boils all over his body according to the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra.
		The reign of King Ajatashatru was not a peaceful one, and he was frequently either scheming against or openly at war with his neighbors.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /ShuteiMandala/devas2.html (3628 words)

	India Book House Pvt Ltd
		Ajatashatru was the son of King Bimbisara of Magadha (modern day Bihar) and ruled during the time of Lord Buddha.
		So completely was Ajatashatru converted to the faith that he was chosen as the chief claimant of Buddha’s relics after the latter’s death.
		Ajatashatru subsequently built stupas all over the capital and renovated 18 monasteries in memory of Buddha.
	www.amarchitrakatha.com /store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=306 (229 words)

	WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ajatashatru answered "Nay, rather should we greet him with reverence, and rise up from our seat out of deference towards him, and press him to be seated.
		He answered the king Ajatashatru, "There is, O king, no cause either ultimate or remote, for the depravity of being; they become depraved without reason and without cause.
		The answer given by Nigantha Nataputta to King Ajatashatru was, "A Nigantha (a man free from bonds), O king is restrained with a fourfold restraint.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/origins.htm (6184 words)

	Hindutva Series : Hindu History - Ahimsa (The Non-Violence Ethic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Ajatashatru ruled Magadha, to the north of his kingdom lay the tribal confederacy of the Lichhavis of Vaishali.
		At Vaishali, as Ajatashatru's family background could not be traced he was housed with one of the courtesans of Vaishali, named Amrapali.
		There Ajatashatru regained consciousness and momentarily forgot that he was at Vaishali in the guise of a Lichhavi soldier.
	www.hindutva.org /ahimsaindia.html (3390 words)

	Tourism of India - Buddha - Rajgir
		Along the road to the new town built by Ajatashatru are the ruins of Jivakamravana Vihara, the mango grove presented to the Buddha by Jivaka, the royal physician, who cared for the Lord after he was injured by Devadatta.
		Ajatashatru, along with Devadatta, had conspired to take the life of the Lord by letting loose a mad elephant.
		After killing his father, Ajatashatru was filled with remorse and later embraced the faith.
	www.tourismofindia.com /hibuddh/buddh_rajgir.htm (883 words)

	ORIGINS
		Ajatashatru's son according to the Buddhist sources was Udayabhadda.
		When the question first came to the king's mind his ministers advised him to consult some famous recluse who were also heads of their orders and teachers of their schools (of philosophy).
		His answer to Ajatashatru was, "There is no such thing, O king, as alms or sacrifice or offering.
	www.jainworld.com /jainbooks/images/18/origins.htm (6301 words)

	Hindu History - Ahimsa (The Non-Violence Ethic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After having obtained all the information he wanted Ajatashatru decided that it was time for him to return to Magadha and lead his army once again against Vaishali.
		When Amrapali was with Buddha, Ajatashatru's troops had fanned out of Vaishali in search of the woman whom their king sought.
		But instead, when he witnessed how remorseful Amrapali had become and in her heartbroken vacant existence she had found solace in Buddha, Ajatashatru - in his moment of glory and pride was also inclined to listen to what the Buddha had to say.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/ahimsaindia.html (2906 words)

	Political and Social Ethics of India by Sanderson Beck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This conflict would determine the fate of eastern India and drew the attention of the Buddha, who suggested to the democratic Licchavis that they strengthen themselves by holding full and frequent assemblies while maintaining internal concord and efficient administration honoring elders, institutions, shrines, saints, and women.
		To launch his attack across the Ganga River Ajatashatru had to build a fort at a new capital called Pataliputra, which the Buddha prophesied would become a great center of commerce.
		According to Buddhist texts the four kings, who ruled Magadha after Ajatashatru, all killed their fathers, though Jain texts claim that his first successor was an adherent of their religion who was assassinated by his political rival, Palaka, the son of the Avanti king Pradyota, who had become powerful by conquering Kaushambi.
	www.san.beck.org /EC10-Social.html (8673 words)

	Magadha empire - TheBestLinks.com - Magadhan Empire, Buddhism, India, Jainism, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bimbisara was friendly to both Jainism and Buddhism and suspended tolls at the river ferries for all ascetics after the Buddha was once stopped at the Ganges River for lack of money.
		Jain texts tell how Ajatashatru used two new weapons - a catapult and a covered chariot with swinging mace that has been compared to modern tanks.
		The ancient kingdom of Magadha is identified as having been located in what is now the south of the Indian state of Bihar.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Magadhan_Empire.html (376 words)

	Ajatashatru - TheBestLinks.com - India, Sangha, Vedas, Bimbisara, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ajatashatru - TheBestLinks.com - India, Sangha, Vedas, Bimbisara,...
		Ajatashatru (ruled 491-461 BCE) was a king of the Magadha empire that ruled north India.
		Some details of him are given in the Vedas as well as the earliest Buddhist scriptures.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Ajatashatru-bp-printable-v-yes-ep-.html (76 words)

	Ajatashatru in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ajatashatru was the son of King Bimbisara and the ruler of Magadha.
		He killed his father in 493 BC to become the king of Magadha.
		Ajatashatru strengthened his capital, Rajagriha, and built a small fort there.
	www.india9.com /i9show/27145.htm (70 words)

	Rajgir,Rajgir travel guide,travel agents for rajgir,rajgir bihar,buddhist destination rajgir,buddha bihar tour,india ...
		Built by Ajatashatru (6th century B.C.), the king of Magadha during the Buddha's time.
		Other archaeological sites including the Karnada Tank where Lord Buddha used to bathe, the Maniyar Math that dates from the 1st century AD, the Maraka Kukshi where the still unborn Ajatashatru was cursed as a patricide, the Rannbhumi where Bhima and Jarasandh fought one of the Mahabharat battles.
		Several shell inscriptions, the undeciphered characters current in central and eastern India from the 1st to the 5th centuries AD, are engraved in the rock around the chariot marks.
	www.tourmyindia.com /states/bihar/rajgir.html (908 words)

	WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An elaborate legend is told in the Acharanga Sutra and in the Kalpa Sutra how he was conceived in the womb of the Brahman Devananda, who had fourteen prophetic dreams but then after three lunar cycles divinely transferred to the womb of the Kshatriya Trishala, who also had the same fourteen prophetic dreams.
		When Kunika (Ajatashatru) forcibly took over his father's kingdom of Magadha, he moved the capital to Champa, where many princes and townspeople adopted Mahavira's religion.
		Although Ajatashatru liked to listen to Mahavira, it did not stop him from gathering a large army and allies to attack and defeat the Vaishali confederacy in a major war that killed King Chetaka.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/main_frame_of_hbm.htm (4462 words)

	Devadatta.
		Now that Ajatashatru, the new king, had become of the same mind as Devadatta and the two had banded together, Brahmans and evil people from all five regions of India swarmed like clouds or mist gathering into Magadha.
		Ajatashatru didn't repent until after Devadatta's death and continued to persecute the Buddha.
		King Ajatashatru unleashed a herd of drunken elephants and let them trample to death countless disciples of the Buddha.
	www.geocities.com /chris_holte/Buddhism/IssuesInBuddhism/devadatta.html (5743 words)

	Reestablishing the Date of Lord Buddha
		Then it was during the reign of King Ajatashatru (1814-1787 B.C.) when Buddha left this world.
		Thus, he was born in 1887 B.C., renounced the world in 1858 B.C., and died in 1807 B.C. Further evidence that helps corroborate this is provided in The Age of Buddha, Milinda and King Amtiyoka and Yuga Purana, by Pandit Kota Venkatachalam.
		He also describes that it is from the Puranas, especially the Bhagavat Purana and the Kaliyurajavruttanta, that need to be consulted for the description of the Magadha royal dynasties to determine the date of Lord Buddha.
	www.stephen-knapp.com /reestablishing_the_date_of_buddha.htm (455 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		He was the father of Ajatashatru and a devout follower of Shakyamuni.
		According to On the Destruction of the Order, Bimbisara's son Ajatashatru, at the urging of Devadatta, imprisoned Bimbisara and ascended the throne.
		According to another account, Ajatashatru had King Bimbisara killed or starved him to death in prison; and still another says that Bimbisara discovered Ajatashatru's conspiracy beforehand and, seeing how eager his son was to reign, abdicated voluntarily.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=1994 (282 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: No move to renounce claims to PoK says Farooq
		J&K Tourism Minister Ajatashatru Singh had been reported as having told a press conference in Chandigarh last week that the state assembly would pass a resolution surrendering India's claims to PoK during the Budget session of the assembly beginning on March 18.
		Ajatashatru Singh came under fire from both Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress leaders.
		One Congress leader said it was ''unfortunate and shocking'' that a minister of Dr Abdullah's cabinet had issued a statement which was aimed at dividing the state.
	www.rediff.com /news/mar/03farooq.htm (477 words)

	Ajatashatru Fort in Rajgir India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ajatashatru Fort, as the name implies, was built by King Ajatashatru of Magadha to strengthen the defenses of his capital Rajagriha (presently, Rajgir).
		The ruins of this fort, built on the Ganges in the sixth century BC, can be seen on the road to Nalanda, in Patna District, Bihar, about 6 km from Rajgir Railway Station.
		The Ajatashatru Fort is built with blocks of rock at a height of 1.5 to 4 m.
	www.india9.com /i9show/14891.htm (99 words)

	Winter Always Turns to Spring
		The only thing troubling my heart is King Ajatashatru." Bodhisattva Kashyapa then asked him, "Since the Buddha's mercy is impartial, your regret in dying should stem from compassion for all mankind.
		Why do you single out King Ajatashatru?" The Buddha replied, "Suppose that a couple has seven children, one of whom falls ill. Although the parents love all their children equally, they worry most about the sick child." T'ien-t'ai cited this passage in his Maka Shikan.
		Finally, on the fifteenth day of the second month, leprous sores broke out all over his body, and it was foretold that he would die and fall into the hell of incessant suffering on the seventh day of the third month.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/WinterSpring.htm (860 words)

	Baby names - AJATASHATRU
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	www.yeahbaby.com /baby-name.php?name=Ajatashatru (141 words)

	Balagi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Once he went to the king of Kasi, Ajatashatru, and said he would teach Brahma Swarupa to the king.
		When Ajatashatru nonchalantly replied that this would be simple, though he did not understand it, Balagi immediately said he would accept the king as his guru.
		The King pointed out that it was not proper to consider him as his guru, but that he would explain some important things in life to Balagi.
	www.chennaionline.com /columns/LifeHistory/history46.asp (267 words)

	The Taima Mandala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The pictures from the bottom upwards show how Devadatta won the favor of Ajatashatru, how his father King Bimbisara was imprisoned, how Queen Vaidehi was confined in a room, how she was delivered from the suffering by the Buddha's preaching, and so on.
		He incited Ajatashatru to kill his father and usurp the throne.
		As the retribution of his grave crimes, he is said to have fallen into hell while still alive.
	www.niemphat.com /mandalapix/mandala.htm (3731 words)

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