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who did Ajatashatru sent to weaken the lichchhavis by sowing seeds of dissension
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When Ajatashatru grew up, he was taken to the war against Anga by Bimbisara. The Anga Kingdom (present-day West Bengal, Bangladesh, and Odisha) was Magadha's immediate neighbour, with their capital at Champa. It had access to trade routes and coastal areas for overseas commerce. Bimbisara understood its importance; he attacked and defeated the Anga forces in battle. After the battle was won, Ajatashatru was installed as a governor. Anga soon proved to be the most flourishing region for the Empire as its overseas trade made the kingdom rich and its army powerful. Bimbisara had always considered Ajatashatru to be his ideal heir and hence he had put him there in charge of the most important and prosperous province. However, Ajatashatru’s ambition soon got the better of him and he was not satisfied just with the control of one region.
According to Buddhist sources, Ajatashatru was continuously ill-advised by a monk called Devadatta, a cousin of Gautama Buddha. Bimbisara by then had probably turned a follower of Buddhism and Gautama Buddha’s growing influence on him made Devadatta jealous. He coveted a position for himself in the imperial court and convinced Ajatashatru to usurp the throne through a coup. Ajatashatru was tricked by all these and he soon deposed and later executed his own father after imprisoning him. Though, a legend also says that Bimbisara took his own life after he was being imprisoned. Whatever the case, Ajatashatru was responsible for his father’s death which gave him a chance to ascend to the throne of Magadha.
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