King of Jambudīpa. He belonged to the Moriya dynasty and gained the throne through the scheming of Cānakka, who slew the rightful king Dhanānanda and his heir Pabbata.¹ Candagutta reigned twenty-four years and was succeeded by his son Bindusāra. His grandson was Asoka (Mhv.v.16 ff). Candagutta’s senior contemporary in Sri Lanka was Paṇḍukābhaya, who died in the fourteenth year of Candagutta’s reign.² The Milindapañha ³ mentions a soldier Bhaddasāla, in the service of the Nanda royal family, who waged war against Candagutta. In this war there were eighty “Corpse Dances” in which dead bodies danced. The Theragāthā Commentary (i., p.440) states that the father of the Thera Tekicchakāri incurred the displeasure of Candagutta, who, at the instigation of Cāṇakka, cast him into prison.