Bimbisara

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historical figure king monarch of Magadha

Bimbisara was an early and influential king of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, known for expanding its power and for his contemporaneity with the Buddha and Mahavira.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bimbisara canonical	2
King Bimbisāra	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ monarch of Magadha ⓘ
alliedWith	Kosala NERFINISHED ⓘ Lichchhavis of Vaishali NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedReligion	early Buddhism ⓘ early Jainism ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Gaya region NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajagriha NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Rajagriha NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Abhayarajakumara NERFINISHED ⓘ Ajatashatru NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	rise of Magadha as a major power in North India ⓘ
country	Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause	imprisonment and probable starvation (according to tradition) ⓘ
dynasty	Haryanka dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	6th century BCE ⓘ early 5th century BCE ⓘ
expandedTo	Anga NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Bhattiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
killedBy	Ajatashatru (according to tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	contemporary of Mahavira ⓘ contemporary of the Buddha ⓘ early Magadhan imperialism ⓘ expansion of Magadha ⓘ
languageContext	Magadhi Prakrit (regional language context) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Buddhist Pali Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jain Agamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	annexation of Anga ⓘ
partOf	Mahajanapada period of ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf	Buddhist Sangha NERFINISHED ⓘ Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Bhattiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	eastern Gangetic plain ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 492 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 544 BCE ⓘ
religion	Buddhism (according to Buddhist tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jainism (according to Jain tradition, as a patron) ⓘ
spouse	Chellana NERFINISHED ⓘ Khema NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosala Devi NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Ajatashatru NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Senaniya (in some sources) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedPolicy	matrimonial alliances ⓘ military conquest ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magadha → ruler → Bimbisara ⓘ

Rajgir → visitedBy → Bimbisara ⓘ

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → featuresCharacter → Bimbisara ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Bimbisāra