23 - మగధ రాజ వంశము

Summary of chapter 23 of the Vishnu Mahā Purāṇa is as follows:

The future Magadha dynasty is traced in prophetic form: Bārhad-ratha lineage (beginning with Jarāsandha) → Pradyota dynasty → Śiśunāga dynasty (Ajātaśatru, Udaya, Mahānanda) → Nanda dynasty (Mahāpadmananda and his nine sons ruling for 100 years) → Kauṭilya destroys the Nandas → Maurya dynasty (Candragupta, Bindusāra, Aśokavarddhana — 10 Mauryas lasting 137 years) → Śuṅga dynasty (Puṣyamitra and 10 kings, 112 years) → Kāṇva dynasty (4 kings, 45 years). This constitutes one of the Purāṇa's most famous "prophetic" passages on Indian historical dynasties.