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Personalities
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Ajatshatru's guilt
Ajatashatru, was filled with immense talent and ambition yet was unable to fulfill them as he was not able to succeed his father. Impatient Ajatashatru decided to murder his father Bimbisara. He bribed the housekeeper to put some poison in his fathers meal. His father died as a result of the poison, but as fate had it the same day Ajatashatru was blessed with a son. On seeing his son Ajatashatru realized what a big mistake he has committed by murdering his father. His guilt is supposed to have guided him through his whole reign in making him fulfill his father's wishes of seeing a powerful Magadha.
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