Shishunaga dynasty

The Sisunaga Dynasty was the ruling dynasty in northeastern Indian kingdom of Magadha in the period from circa 550-350 BC There are few reliable information. The main sources are Buddhist chronicles of Sri Lanka, the Puranas and various Buddhist and Jain holy texts.

Based on these sources, it looks as if Magadha was ruled about 200 years by the Shishunaga Dynasty.

The list of kings looks like the chronicles of Sri Lanka as follows:

The Puranas list has longer reigns (the Sisunaga dynasty lasted 321 years hence ):

The Shishunaga dynasty was overthrown by Mahapadma, the first of the nine so-called Nanda ( Nanda or Navananda Dynasty ). His eight sons followed him. The Sri Lankan chronicles, according to the Nanda dynasty lasted only 22 years, while the Puranas say that Mahapadma reigned 28 years and his sons 12 years. The Nanda dynasty was probably destroyed by Chandragupta Maurya, the first king of the great Mauryan.