☼ Shisunaga Dynasty : 412 BC - 344 BC.
• Nag-Dasak was unworthy to rule. So the people got disgusted and elected Shisunaga as the King, the minister of the last king.
• The most important achievement of Shisunaga was the destruction of the Pradyota dynasty of Avanti. This brought to an end the hundred year old rivalry between Magadha and Avanti. From then on Avanti become a part of the Magadha rule.
• Shisunaga was succeeded by Kalashoka or Kakavarna by name .
• Kalashoka's reign is important because he convened the Second Buddhists Council in Vaishali in 383 BC.
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