APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGY (APPROXIMATE) OF SAISUNAGA AND NANDA DYNASTIES Serial No. King (Vayu Parana). Length of Reign. Probable date of Accession. Remarks. Vayu P. Assumed. SAISUNAGA DYNASTY. B. C. 1 Sisunaga . . . 40 "I 1 600 1 2 3 Sakavarna . . Kshemadharman 36 Lo ft 20 r 136 81 ... ^Nothing known. 4 Kshattraujas . . 40J J ... J 5 Bimbisara . . . 28 28 519 Built New Rajagriha; an- nexed Anga; contempo- rary with Mahavira and Gautama Buddha ; voy- age of Skylax, dr. 500. 6 Ajatasatru . . 25 32 491 Parricide; death of Ma- havira, dr. 490 ; death of Buddha, 487; built fort of Pataliputra ; wars with Kosala and Vai>ali. 7 Darsaka . . . 25 25 459 Nothing known. (Harshaka) 8 Udaya .... 33 33 434 Built city of Pataliputra. 9 10 Nandivardhana . Mahanandin . . 42) a* 43 { 85 40 401 I Nothing known. Total . . 332 239 Average , 33.2 23.9 NANDA DYNASTY. 11 1 12 | Mahapadma, etc. 9; 2 generations I 100 40 361 MAURYA DYNASTY. 13 Chandragupta . 24 24 321 14 Bindusara . . . 25 25 297 15 Asoka .... 36 40 272 Tibetan tradition reck- Death of Asoka . dr. 232 ons 10 reigns from No. 6, Ajatasatru, to No. 15, End of Maurya Dynasty. dr. 184 Asoka, inclusive ; and places Asoka's accession in 234 A. B. (Rockhill, Life of the Buddha, pp. 33, 233). He IB said to have visited Khotan in 250 and 254 A. B. (J.A. S.B. 1886, part 1, pp. 195, 197).
