Nanda Dynasty (345–321 BCE) Mahapadma Nanda Ugrasena (from 345 BCE)‚ illegitimate son of Mahanandin‚ founded the Nanda Empire after inheriting Mahanandin’s empire Pandhuka Panghupati Bhutapala Rashtrapala Govishanaka Anal Dashasidkhaka Kaivarta Dhana (Agrammes‚ Xandrammes) (until 321 BCE)‚ lost his empire to Chandragupta Maurya after being defeated by him Maurya Dynasty (324–184 BC) Chandragupta Maurya (Chandragupta The Great) (Sandrakottos) (324–301 BC)‚The greatest emperor of ancient
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The one had contempt for conquests‚ the other had a passion for them’.[2] The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India‚ ruled by the Mauryan dynastyfrom 321 to 185 BCE. Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains (modern Bihar‚ eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bengal) in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent‚ the empire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modernPatna).[1][2] The Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya
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state of Vatsa under King Udayana who had an intense rivalry with king Pradyota of Avanti. Both these states were also very powerful. Magadha arose in this context and it is believed that it only became important in the 6th century BCE. Bimbisara‚ the founder of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha who took it to heights of power. Before that‚ a Jataka story implies that Magadha may have been in fact inferior to Anga. The conquest of Anga by Bimbisara marked the beginning of the rise of the most powerful
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* Ascetic lifestyles & veg diets * Wealthy land that supported a distinctive society with well-established cultural traditions Mauryan Dynasty * Kingdom of Magadha * In 520 bce‚ Cyrus‚ Persia’s emperor created the Gandhara kingdom. * Alexander of Macedon crushed the kingdom. * Kingdom of Magadha took the spot of main leader of the region * Central Ganges plains * Wealth = fields and trade * 500 bcemost important State in NE India. * Chandragupta
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Ashvamedha Yagya • By about 5th century BC there were 16 major states in Northern India‚ but a hundred years later there remained only 4 vital states – the three kingdoms of Kashi‚ Kosala‚ Magadha and the republic of Vrijis. By Toolika Gupta‚ Associate Prof. FD Delhi 2 Social life continued… Of These magadha became pre eminent‚ and its king Bimbisara‚ evolved an imminent form of administration which included collection of taxes for maintaining public works. His son expanded the kingdom even further
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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the Gupta Empire was formed and maintained by powerful leaders and its court‚ a strong military‚ religion‚ and technology. The Gupta Empire was founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta and created the Gupta dynasty. The Gupta Empire grew out of the kingdom of Magadha on the Ganges Plain and had its capital at Pataliputra (Bulliet 177). This period was called the Golden Age of India and was marked by inventions and discoveries in science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ art‚ dialectic‚ literature‚ logic‚ mathematics‚
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family an enormous power and prestige". "Kumardevi brought to her husband as her dowry which secured to him a paramount position in Magadha and the neighboring countries. Chandragupta married a Lichchhavi princess of Vaisali‚ which gave him such influence and‚ what is more such powerful that he was able easily to make himself the ruler of what was ancient‚ Magadha. He not only beat back -the advancing tide of Kshetrapa aggression in central India‚ but also uprooted the power of these Saka rulers"
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In ancient India two kingdoms dominated and reigned. Seperate and unique respectively‚ they were very powerful. The Gupta and Mauryan empires where both attempts to recreate very successful previous empires. The Mauryan attempt to recreate the Magadha empire and the Gupta try to recreate the Mauryan empire. But the essential question is which kingdom was the golden age of ancient India. A big part of answering this question is to first find the classical age of the two civilizations. To answer
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The Mauryan Empire created a power vacuum that would fill the absence of Alexander the Great. In 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta Maurya began his conquest of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However‚ the main figure of this dynasty was Ashoka‚ who ruled from 268 B.C.E. until 232 B.C. using a highly organized bureaucracy‚ not unlike the Chinese emperors. Following his death the empire went into decline‚ due in large part to financial problems. It eventually disappeared in 185 B.C.E. Economically
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