500 BC - 460 BC
Ajatasattu (Pāli Ajātasattu) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit Ajātaśatru) in Buddhist tradition, or Kunika (Kūṇika) and Kuniya (Kūṇiya) in the Jain histories, (reigned c. 492 to 460 BCE, or c. 405 to 373 BCE) was one of the most important kings of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ajatashatru has received more than 1,316,439 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ajatashatru is the 2,189th most popular politician (up from 2,766th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from India (up from 87th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indian Politician.
Ajatashatru is most famous for murdering his father to gain the throne of the kingdom.
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Among politicians, Ajatashatru ranks 2,189 out of 15,577. Before him are Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Mohammad Khodabanda, Taichang Emperor, Vincent Auriol, Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. After him are Emperor Daizong of Tang, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Afonso II of Portugal, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and Herod Agrippa II.
1671 - 1737
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 2,183
1531 - 1595
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 2,184
1582 - 1620
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 2,185
1884 - 1966
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 2,186
1434 - 1467
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 2,187
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 2,188
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2,189
727 - 779
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2,190
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2,191
1185 - 1223
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2,192
1925 - 1980
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 2,193
1886 - 1937
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 2,194
28 - 100
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 2,195
Among people born in 500 BC, Ajatashatru ranks 16. Before him are Ictinus, Cratylus, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Pleistarchus, and Zeuxis. After him are Nicias, Meton of Athens, Brasidas, Sogdianus of Persia, Mnesikles, and Archelaus. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Ajatashatru ranks 1. After him are Mnesikles, Parrhasius, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, Agatharchus, Telesilla, Hippo, Calamis, Apollodorus, and Callimachus.
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 13
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 14
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 15
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 16
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 17
500 BC - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 18
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 19
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 20
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 21
500 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 22
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 1
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 2
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 3
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 4
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 6
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 7
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 8
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 9
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 10
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Ajatashatru ranks 80 out of 1,493. Before him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), and Lata Mangeshkar (1929). After him are Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Vātsyāyana (300), Cliff Richard (1940), and Tukaram (1608).
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 74
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 75
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 76
1593 - 1631
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 77
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 78
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 79
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 80
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 81
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 82
1486 - 1545
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 83
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 84
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 85
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 86
Among politicians born in India, Ajatashatru ranks 24. Before him are Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), and Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775). After him are Sher Shah Suri (1486), Chandragupta II (400), Vishvamitra (-2000), Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), and Bindusara (-320).
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 19
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 20
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 21
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 22
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 23
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 24
1486 - 1545
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 25
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 26
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 27
1540 - 1597
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 28
1205 - 1240
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 29
320 BC - 273 BC
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 30