The intense geopolitical rivalry between Magadha and Avanti was temporarily resolved when the Magadhan monarch Bimbisara dispatched his personal royal physician Jivaka to cure King Pradyota of Avanti of which severe medical condition?

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The early phase of the Mahajanapadas was marked by a balance of power struggle between Magadha and Avanti. When King Pradyota of Ujjain fell critically ill with stubborn jaundice (Pandu roga), Bimbisara used medical diplomacy. He sent Jivaka, the most celebrated graduate of Taxila university, who successfully treated the monarch, leading to an influential geopolitical truce between the two rival powers.

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