Dynasty of Śiśunāga

After Bṛhadratha dynasty and Vītihotra dynasty in Avanti were over, Pulaka killed his master Ripuñjaya and anoint his son in his place. The child born from Pulaka were worshipable only by the feudal forces on the strength of the Kṣatriyas, but his governance policy–religion–did not complete. The Narrottama ruled for twenty-three years. After this, Pālaka became the king and ruled for twenty-eight years. Then there were kings, named Viśakhayūpa who ruled for fifty years. Then Sūryaka ruled for twenty-one years. After him, Nandivardhan became the king. He ruled for thirty years. In these way, these five kings ruled for fifty-two years and then destroyed. Subsequently the entire fame of these kings was kidnapped by a king named Śiśunāga, who established his son in Vārānasī city and took shelter of Girivraja (Rajagriha or Pataliputra ) himself. This Śiśunāga was the king for forty years. His son was Kākavarna, who ruled the earth for twenty-six years. After that Kṣemadharma became the king and ruled for thirty-six years. Thereafter a king named Kṣemajit ruled for twenty-four years. Vimbisara was then appointed as king for twenty-eight years. Then there was a king named Ajātaśatru for twenty-five years. Subsequently his son Daśaka became the king who ruled for thirty-five years. Then a king named Udāsī ruled for thirty-three years. He settled in Kusumpur or Pataliputra [in present time in Patna (Bihar)] city on the south bank of the Gangā in the fourth years of his rulling time. After that Nandivardhana became the king for forty years.^[1]