Param IAS

List of Rulers

Part of: BPSC

Anga (founder of the kingdom and son of King Vali)

  • Karna
  • Brihadratha
  • Vrishasena, the son, Chief of the Angas
  • Samudrasena, possible king of Vanga
  • Chandrasena, possible king of Vanga
  • Tamralipta
  • Lomapada, a friend of the King of Kosala Dasaratha
  • Chitraratha
  • Vrihadratha
  • Vasuhoma
  • Dhatarattha, noted in the Mahabharata
  • Dhadivahana, also noted in the Mahabharata
  • Bramhadatta, the last king of Anga

Haryanka dynasty

  • Bhattiya
  • Bimbisara (544–493 BCE)
  • Ajatashatru (493–461 BCE)
  • Udayabhadra
  • Anuruddha
  • Munda
  • Nagadasaka

Shishunaga dynasty

  • Shishunaga (413–395 BCE)
  • Kakavarna Kalashoka (395–367 BCE)
  • Mahanandin (367–345 BCE)

Nanda dynasty

  • Mahapadma Nanda Ugrasena (founded the Nanda Empire after inheriting Mahanandin's empire)
  • Pandhuka
  • Panghupati
  • Bhutapala
  • Rashtrapala
  • Govishanaka
  • Dashasidkhaka
  • Kaivarta
  • Dhana Nanda

Foreign Visitors in Ancient Bihar

  • Megasthenes (Greek) (302–298 BC)
  • Fa-hien (China) (405–411 AD)
  • Hiuen-Tsang (China) (630–645 AD)
  • I-Tsing (671–695 AD)
  • Xuanzang