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Mahanandin

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Reign
  
c. 367 – c. 345 BCE

Children
  
Mahapadma Nanda


Name
  
Mahanandin Mahanandin

Grandchildren
  
Dhana Nanda

Great grandchildren
  
Durdhara

Mahanandin was a king of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Indian subcontinent. The dynasty ruled parts of ancient India around the city of Pataliputra (present day Patna, Bihar).

Life

Puranas list Nandivardhana as the ninth Shishunaga king and his son Mahanandin as the tenth and the last Shishunaga king. Mahanandin was killed by his illegitimate son from a Shudra wife named Mahapadma Nanda.

References

Mahanandin Wikipedia