# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bimbisara
# Generated: 2026-09-02T15:01:54.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bimbisara"
name: "Bimbisara"
slug: "bimbisara"
description: "King of Magadha in the 6th or 5th century BCE who built an empire by force—annexing Anga to the east—and laid the groundwork for the Mauryan superpower that would follow. Both Buddhists and Jains claimed him: protector of the Buddha, pilgrim to Mahavira's teachings."
tagline: "King of Magadha, active 543 B.C.-491 B.C."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bimbisar_welcoming_Buddha_Roundel_30_buddha_ivory_tusk.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "models"
profileType:
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  slug: "model"
birthDate: "-558"
deathDate: "-491"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.70744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Model"
    slug: "model"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Ancient History"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Bimbisara was the son of Bhattiya and ruled Magadha from roughly 543 to 492 BCE (or by another reckoning, 457 to 405 BCE), belonging to the Haryanka dynasty. His annexation of the kingdom of Anga to the east expanded Magadha's reach and set the stage for the later Mauryan Empire. Buddhist tradition remembers him as a great friend and protector of the Buddha; Jain histories call him Shrenika or Seniya and say he frequently visited Mahavira's Samavasarana for answers, even claiming he would become the first tirthankara of a future cosmic age. The 7th-century Chinese monk Xuanzang credited him with building the city of Rajgir. His son Ajatashatru took the throne after him.