Re: History during Mahavira


Mahavira was born in Kundalpur. He attained nirvana from Pawapuri.
Mahavira was born in a royal family = father = Sidharath, mother = Trishla ; who ruled kundalpur.

Queen Trishla (also known as Priyakarini) belonged to family of powerful kings. She was daughter (and some literature says sister of) King Chetaka, king of Vaishali. And belonged to Licchavi Clan. They belonged to Harhyanka dynasty. King Chetaka's other daughter Chellana & Her husband Srenik (King Bimbisar) have lots of stories of attending Mahavira's Samosaran (preachings). 
Shrenik asked Mahavir about true story of Ramayana during Sammosaran.
Bimbisar (Srenik)'s son Ajatshatru captured his own father Bimbisar and put him in jail.
Bimbisar was Jain king.
Ajatshatru also attacked Chetaka & fought fierce war spanning several years to win Vaishali from Chetaka. 
Ajatshatru followed both Jain & Budhha religions.

harhyanka dynasty
Chetaka Licchavi clan vaishali
Trishla (Priyakarini) Siddhartha chellana srenik (bimbisar)
ajakshatru



On the other side of India - west of India, it was attacked by Cyrus's son Darius during the same period. He defeated Gandhar's king Gaumata? There is mention of Gandhar's king   Pushkarasakti (Pukkusati) sending gifts to Binduara during this period as well..

Even though Achaemenid forces couldn't penetrate in India, During this period, Pythagoras - prominent greek philosopher traveled to India to attend sammosarans of Mahavira.

Gandhara Kingdom/Takshila in Punjab was conquered by the Achaemenid empire in 518 BC. During this time, King Pushkarasakti, a contemporary of Emperor Bimbisara (558–491 BC) of the Magadha empire of Haryanka dynasty, was the king of Gandhara. King Pushkarasakti was engaged in power struggles against his local rivals. The Achaemenids under Darius penetrated to the region in 516 BC and annexed other parts of modern-day Punjab, Pakistan west to the Indus river and Sindh. 

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