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This coin dates from the accession of Ajatashatru, the son of King Bimbisara. Ajatashatru was an ambitious warrior and expanded the kingdom of Magadha by rapidly conquering his neighbours. He laid the foundation of the great Magadhan empire that controlled the entire Gangetic basin for the next 300 years.