The
Magadha empire was established very likely by semi-mythical king
Jarasandha who was a son of
Brihadratha, as it stated in the
Puranas, one of the descendants of eponymical
Puru. Jarasandha appears in the Mahabharatha as the
Magadhan Emperor who rules all India and meets with an unceremonious ending. His descendants, according to the
Vayu Purana, ruled
Magadha for 1000 years followed by the
Pradyota dynasty which ruled for 138 years. However, no sufficient evidence to prove the historicity of this claim. However, these rulers are mentioned in the Hindu texts, Buddhist texts and Jaina texts.