Ajatasatru (Sanskrit अजातशत्रु Ajātaśatru Tibetan མ་སྐྱེས་དགྲ་ Sinhalese අජාසත්ත; ruled c. 492 BC – c. 460 BC) was a king of the Magadha empire in north India. He was the son of King Bimbisara( 558 BC –491 BC) the great monarch of Magadha. He was contemporary to Mahavira ( 599 BCE–527 BCE) and Buddha(563 BCE–483 BCE). He took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father forcefully by imprisoning him.
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