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Magadha was a region and kingdom in ancient India, based in the eastern Ganges Plain. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period. The region was ruled by several dynasties, which overshadowed, conquered, and incorporated the other Mahajanapadas.
Magadha and Allies Opponent(s) Outcome; Magadha–Anga war (540–535 BCE) Haryanka dynasty: Anga: Victory [1] Magadha annexation of Anga. First Magadha–Avanti War (544–413 BCE) Haryanka dynasty: Avanti: Defeat [2] Magadha failed to annex Avanti. Magadha–Kosala War (Late 5th century BCE) Haryanka dynasty: Kosala: Victory [3] Magadha ...
The Kingdom of Magadha, later known as the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and later empire in ancient north India. Many houses ruled the kingdom and it's empire over the centuries until it was defeated by the Satavahana Empire in c. 28 BCE. The history of the monarchs of Magadha, particularly in the Pre-Mauryan period, is shrouded in mystery and ...
Magadha period, period of Ancient Indian history relating to the Magadha region; Magadhi Prakrit, an Indo-Aryan language of Ancient India; Magadhan or Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, a group of Indic languages of eastern India, descending from Magadhi Prakrit Magahi language or Magadhi, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language of Bihar, India
Brihadratha(Sanskrit: बृहद्रथ, romanized: Bṛhadratha) was the founder of the Brihadratha dynasty, the earliest ruling dynasty of Magadha featured in Hindu literature. He established Magadha on the banks of the river Ganges , transferring the centre of power from Chedi , a neighbouring kingdom, to the newly settled Magadha.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Magadha may also refer to: ... a 2009 Indian Telugu-language film by S. S. Rajamouli set in medieval India
The military forces of the Vajjika League were initially too strong for Ajātasattu to be successful against them, and it required him having recourse to diplomacy and intrigues over the span of a decade to finally defeat the Vajjika League by 468 BCE and annex its territories, including Licchavi, Videha, and Nāya to the kingdom of Magadha ...
According to the Puranas, Brihadratha (also Maharatha) was the king of Magadha [2] and the founder of the Brihadratha dynasty. According to the Mahabharata and the Purana, he was the eldest of the five sons of Uparichara Vasu, the Kuru king of Chedi, and his queen was Girika.