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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.
Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Oriya, Maithili and other modern languages took definite shape in their literary writings in the beginning of the 14th century. The distinct shape of Magadhi can be seen in the Dohakosha written by Sarahapa and Kauhapa. Magadhi had a setback due to the transition period of the Magadha ...
Magadha (disambiguation) 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
Magadhi Prakrit was spoken in the eastern Indian subcontinent, in a region spanning what is now eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. [3] [4] Associated with the ancient Magadha, it was spoken in present-day Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and eastern Uttar Pradesh under various apabhramsha dialects, [5] and used in some dramas to represent vernacular dialogue in Prakrit dramas.
Magadha may also refer to: Greater Magadha, sphere of Magadhan influence; ... Magadheera, a 2009 Indian Telugu-language film by S. S. Rajamouli set in medieval India
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 ...
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.
Some scholars have identified the Kīkaṭa tribe—mentioned in the Rigveda (3.53.14) with their ruler Pramaganda—as the forefathers of Magadhas because Kikata is used as synonym for Magadha in the later texts; [5] Like the Magadhas in the Atharvaveda, the Rigveda speaks of the Kikatas as a hostile tribe, living on the borders of Brahmanical India, who did not perform Vedic rituals.