Succession
Samprati, who succeeded Dasaratha, was according to the Hindu Puranas, the latter's son and according to the Buddhist and Jain sources, Kunala's son (making him possibly a brother of Dasaratha). The familial relationship between the two is thus not clear although evidently they were closely related members of the imperial family.
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