Kalashoka or Kakavarna was the son and successor of
Shishunaga
Shishunaga (IAST: Śiśunāga, or Shusunaga) (c. 413 – 395 BCE) was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India. Initially, he was an ''amatya'' (official) of the Magadha empire under the Harya ...
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He divided his kingdom between his ten sons and crowned his ninth son, Nandivardhana as the king of
Magadha
Magadha was a region and one of the sixteen sa, script=Latn, Mahajanapadas, label=none, lit=Great Kingdoms of the Second Urbanization (600–200 BCE) in what is now south Bihar (before expansion) at the eastern Ganges Plain. Magadha was ruled ...
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Reign
Shishunaga
Shishunaga (IAST: Śiśunāga, or Shusunaga) (c. 413 – 395 BCE) was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India. Initially, he was an ''amatya'' (official) of the Magadha empire under the Harya ...
had transferred the capital of
Magadha
Magadha was a region and one of the sixteen sa, script=Latn, Mahajanapadas, label=none, lit=Great Kingdoms of the Second Urbanization (600–200 BCE) in what is now south Bihar (before expansion) at the eastern Ganges Plain. Magadha was ruled ...
to
Vaishali. Kalashoka succeeded his father
Shishunaga
Shishunaga (IAST: Śiśunāga, or Shusunaga) (c. 413 – 395 BCE) was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India. Initially, he was an ''amatya'' (official) of the Magadha empire under the Harya ...
.
Kalashoka again transferred the capital to Pataliputra.
According to Buddhist literature, the
Second Buddhist Council, held 100 years after the Maha Parinirvana of Lord Buddha, in
Vaishali, was patronised by King Kalashoka.
But despite King Kalashoka's best efforts, differences among the Buddhists persisted.
He divided his kingdom between his ten sons, who ruled simultaneously.
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4th-century BC Indian monarchs
Kings of Magadha
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