Ripunjaya was the last Puranic Brihadratha king of Magadha. His minister killed him, following which a gap of approximately 138 years (682–544 BCE) exists between the last Brihadratha king and Bimbisara; Indian texts are silent on this period. The Pradyota dynasty is deliberately excluded; it was based in Avanti (Ujjayini), not Magadha, and ruled concurrently as a parallel dynasty.
Thereafter, the throne went to Bimbisara of the Haryanka clan.
See also Brihadratha Magadha Pradyota Pradyota dynasty
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