Samprati
Sign in to saveSamprati () was the fifth emperor of the Maurya Empire. He was the grandson of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, and the son of Kunala. He succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha Maurya. According to Jain tradition, he built 150,000 Jain derasars and made 15 million Jain idols. He is also believed to have taken an oath to dig the foundation of a new Jinalaya every day, and would not take his navakrashi (breakfast) until it was completed.
Key facts
- Royalty.image
- File:Emperor Samprati Maurya.jpg
- Royalty.succession
- 5th Maurya Emperor
- Royalty.name
- Samprati
- Royalty.title
- ChakravartinNripa
- Royalty.religion
- Jainism
- Royalty.succession1
- Crown Prince of Magadha
- Royalty.predecessor1
- Kunala
- Royalty.successor1
- Unknown
- Royalty.predecessor
- Dasharatha Maurya
- Royalty.successor
- Shalishuka Maurya
- Royalty.birth_date
- Unknown
- Royalty.birth_place
- Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
- Royalty.coronation
- 224 BCE
- Royalty.dynasty
- Maurya
- Royalty.death_place
- Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
- Royalty.issue
- Shalishuka Maurya
- Royalty.father
- Kunala
- Royalty.mother
- Kanchanamala
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Samprati () was the fifth emperor of the Maurya Empire. He was the grandson of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, and the son of Kunala. He succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha Maurya. According to Jain tradition, he built 150,000 Jain derasars and made 15 million Jain idols. He is also believed to have taken an oath to dig the foundation of a new Jinalaya every day, and would not take his navakrashi (breakfast) until it was completed.
==Claim to throne== Samprati was the grandson of emperor Ashoka and son of Kunala. Kunala was born to Ashoka's third wife, Padmavati (who was Jain), but was blinded in a conspiracy to remove his claim to the throne. Thus, Kunala was replaced by Dasharatha as the heir to the throne and lived in Ujjain with his "Dhai Maa" (wet nurse). Samprati was raised there. Years after being denied the throne, Kunala and Samprati approached Ashoka's court in an attempt to claim the throne. Ashoka could not grant his blind son's request but promised Samprati would be heir apparent to Dasharatha. After Dasharatha's death, Samprati ascended to the throne of the Maurya Empire.