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	Kanva dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kanva dynasty replaced the Sunga dynasty, and ruled in the eastern part of India from 71 BCE to 26 BCE.
		The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty was overthrown by Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty in 75 BC.
		The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Sunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity in a corner of their former dominions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kanva_dynasty (121 words)

	Magadha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nanda dynasty was established by an illegitimate son of the king Mahanandin of the previous Shishunaga dynasty.
		The Mauryan dynasty under Ashoka was responsible for the proliferation of Buddhist ideals across the whole of East Asia and South-East Asia, fundamentally altering the history and development of Asia as a whole.
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magadha (1397 words)

	Behar - LoveToKnow Watches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The remaining history of the dynasty is obscure; according to Mr Vincent Smith, its last represei tative was Mahanandin (417 B.C.), after whose death the throne was usurped, under obscure circumstances, by Mahapadma Nanda, a man of low caste (Early Hist.
		This dynasty, of which the history belongs to that of India, occupied the throne for 137 years.
		From the middle of the 14th to the middle of the 16th century a large part of Behar was ruled by a line of Brahman tributary kings; and in the 15th century another Hindu dynasty ruled in Champaran and Gorakhpur.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Behar (1396 words)

	History of India - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		From the 7th to the 9th century, three dynasties contested for control of northern India: the Pratiharas of Malwa and later Kannauj; the Palas of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan.
		The Slave dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India, approximate to the ancient extent of the Guptas, while the Khilji Empire was also able to conquer most of central India, but were ultimately unsuccessful in conquering most of the subcontinent, until the onset of the Mughals.
		The Mughal Dynasty ruled most of the Indian subcontinent by 1600; it went into a slow decline after 1707 and was finally defeated during the Indian rebellion of 1857.
	en.wikipedia.christams-ornament.com /wiki/History_of_India (6405 words)

	History of India - Simple English Wikipedia
		Mahapadma Nanda of this dynasty died at the age of 88.
		This dynasty was founded by Vasudeva, the first king of the Kanva dynasty.
		Some of these dynasties were the Pratiharas of Malwa and later Kannauj; the Palas of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_India (1985 words)

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		Gandhara was ruled by the Turk-Shahi dynasty for two centuries until 843 when the dynasty changed to the Hindu-Shahis, who ruled form almost another two centuries before being conquered by the Ghaznavid Empire.
		The Satavahanas had to compete with the Sunga and the Kanva dynasty of the Mauryan Empire to establish first their independence then to expand their rule.
		The Hindu Sena dynasty replaced the Pala dynasty and its founder was part of the Pala Empire before he seized power when the empire weakened.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Middle_kingdoms_of_India (2688 words)

	Siddhars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Kanva dynasty was a Brahman dynasty founded by Vasudeva Kanva, the minister if Devabhuti, the last Sunga king.
		The extent of Kanva territory was confined to the areas of Sunga rule.
		Simuka was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty.
	www.vjads.com /guptas.htm (688 words)

	E-gazetteer - History of District Etawah
		The history of this region, from the end of the Kanva rule to the rise of the Guptas, three hundred years later, is very obscure.
		The first king of this dynasty was Vajrayudha, who ascended the throne sometime about 770 A. It is significant to note that Rajashekhara uses the name Panchala of which the district forms a part for the country of which Kannaui was the capital Vajrayudha, is said to have been defeated by Jayapida Vinayaditya of Kashmir.
		The rule of Gahadavala dynasty over the district is incontestably proved by the discovery at Kudarkot of a copper plate grant dated in the reign of Chandradeva.
	www.etawah.nic.in /gaz/2.htm (12619 words)

	Profile of Uttar Pradesh
		During this period the Shung dynasty was replaced by the danasty in Magadh.
		It is said that the last king of Shung dynasty was of bad character and he was killed by his minister Vasudev.
		Vasdev established Kanva dynasty in 75 B.C. by Simuk, the founder of the Satavahana or the Andhra Dynasty.
	www.upgov.nic.in /upinfo/poli_hist.html (3213 words)

	History of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Following the collapse of the Kanva dynasty, the Satavahana dynasty of the Andhra kindgom replaced the Magandhan kingdom as the most powerfull Indian state.
		It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Rajputs
		In the 12th and 13th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded parts of northern India and established the Delhi Sultanate at the beginning of the 13th century.
	www.morganhillcaus.com /topic/History_of_India (6500 words)

	Ancient History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first famous king of the Gupta dynasty was Ghatokacha's son Chandragupta I. He married Kumaradevi, the daughter of the chief of the Lichhavis.
		Harsha Vardhana -- The Ruler of Vardhana Dynasty
		However, lots of petty dynasties like the Maukharis and the Vakatakas had started springing up all over the place, and the confusion which is generally associated with the absence of a strong central dynasty was rife.
	www.vignanam.org /history/ancient_history.php (6988 words)

	History of India - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the 4th and 5th centuries, northern India was unified under the Gupta Dynasty.
		In the early 16th century, descendants of Genghis Khan swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal (Mogul) Dynasty, which lasted for 200 years.
		From the 11th to the 15th centuries, southern India was dominated by Hindu Chola and Vijayanagar Dynasties.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/History_of_India (1472 words)

	TELUGU ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA KAJANG BRANCH YOUTH WING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Dushyanta married Shakuntala, the foster-daughter of sage Kanva.
		Shakuntala was born to Menaka, a nymph of Indra's court, from sage Vishwamitra, who secretly fell in love with her.
		He ruled for many years and was the founder of the Kuru dynasty.
	www.telugu.com.my /youth/special.html (208 words)

	history ~ metaxu buddhism
		Founder of the Shaishunaga dynasty of 10 kings.
		Descendant of King Sisunaka, of the Shaishunaga dynasty.
		Since then, Tibetans address the Sakya dynasty as "Gongma", which is similar to the address used by Mongolian and chinese kings.
	www.metaxu.to /buddhism/history.php (4255 words)

	Kalidasa: Shakuntala and Other Works: The Story of Shakuntala
		As a six years' child in Kanva's hermitage he rode on the backs of lions, tigers, and boars near the hermitage, and tamed them, and ran about playing with them.
		Kanva's celestial vision, which made it unnecessary for his child to tell him of her union with the king, is introduced with great delicacy (Act IV).
		Kanva's worldly wisdom as to husband and wife dwelling together is reproduced (Act IV).
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/sha/sha12.htm (2850 words)

	Home > Morgan Hill, CA, California Yellow Pages, Classifieds, Real Estate, Business, Schools, Library and Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This box: India from the 2nd century BCE marked by the waves of invasions of various central asian people and the spread of Buddhism through to the Islamic conquest of the Indian subcontinent.
		The rise of the Rashtrakutas brought about their decline and the rise of the Chola dynasty of the south led to a ongoing contention over Vengi.
		In the first half of the millenium the South saw various smalled kingdoms rise and fall mostly independent to the turmoil in the gangetic plains and the spread of the Buddhism and Jainism to the southern tip of India.
	www.morganhillcaus.com /info/Middle_kingdoms_of_India (2830 words)

	History of Karnataka by Mr. Arthikaje: Satavahanas and their legacy
		The Puranic lists suggest that Simukha (C. was the first ruler of the dynasty, although on the basis of numismatic evidence some scholars have argued that he was preceded by Satavahana (C.236-221 B.C) after whom the dynasty was named.
		His queen Naganika was a distinguished lady of the Maharathi family, and her Naneghat inscription describes him as " Lord of Dakshinapatha, wielder of the unchecked wheel of Sovereignty".
		Pulamavi I (C. 30-6 B.C) seems to have overthrown Susarman and the Kanva dynasty, and annexed Pataliputra.
	www.ourkarnataka.com /states/history/historyofkarnataka8.htm (1883 words)

	The Historical Identity of the Vedic Aryans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The second incident, in which the Yadus came to the aid of the KaNvas in fighting their enemies, in response to an appeal contained in I.36.18 (in which they are called “from afar” to come to the aid of KaNva), is referred to in I.36.18; 54.6; VIII.4.7; 7.18; 9.14; 45.27; X.49.8.
		The KaNvas are even associated with the Yadus and TurvaSas in the con text of a battle, in which the Yadus and TurvaSas came to their aid in response to an appeal by the KaNvas.
		This is a perfectly logical understanding of the use of the word Arya in the Rigveda (although scholars opposed to the Aryan invasion theory balk at this interpretation of the word, in the mistaken belief that this interpretation somehow symbolises the concept of invader Aryans and native non-Aryans).
	voiceofdharma.org /books/rig/ch5.htm (5947 words)

	Shakuntala - I
		Dushyant was a king in the lunar dynasty.
		In the garden of the hermitage the king saw that a large bumblebee was pestering a damsel.
		The surprised king said, “Everyone knew that Sage Kanva is unmarried and a celibate.” Then Shakuntala recounted the story of her birth.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology_from_india/72291 (454 words)

	S'rîmad Bhâgavatam, Bhagavata Purana, Canto 12: Chapter 1: Sanskrit
		S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said: The last king mentioned in our previous enumeration of the future rulers of the Mâgadha dynasty was Purañjaya, who will take birth as the descendant of Brihadratha.
		The son of Râjaka will be Nandivardhana, and thus in the Pradyotana dynasty there will be five kings, who will enjoy the earth for 138 years.
		O best of the Kurus, these ten kings of the S'is'unâga dynasty will rule the earth for a total of 360 years during the age of Kali.
	www.srimadbhagavatam.org /canto12/Canto12-Sanskrit/chapter1.html (2257 words)

	OurKarnataka.com: History og Karnataka: The Gangas of Talakad
		Jayaswal believed that they were related to the Kanva dynasty of the north.
		The first ruler of the dynasty was Konganivarma Madhava (C.350-370 A. D) who worked to establish his power at the expense of the Banas and by penetrating into the Kongudesa or the Salem region.
		During this period, two branches of the Ganga dynasty were established at Paruvi and Kaivara.
	www.ourkarnataka.com /states/history/historyofkarnataka11.htm (1432 words)

	Shreemad Bhagavatam - Bhagavad Purana
		The last of the Kanvas, Susarma, will be murdered by his own servant, Bali a low-class sudra of the Andhra race.
		Thus I have described all the kings-past, present and future-who belong to the dynasties of the sun and the moon.
		Thus I have described the royal dynasty of Manu, as it is known on this earth.
	www.astrojyoti.com /bhagavatam12a.htm (6674 words)

	Uttar Pradesh: the ancient cultural craddle of India
		During this period Magadha had seen a number of dynasties like Shung dynasty, Kanva dynasty and Satavahanas rise and fall.
		Kanishk was the greatest Kushan ruler of Kushan dynasty that was established by Kujul Kadphises I. His capital was Purushpur of Peshawar and other capital was in Mathura.
		The founding of the slave dynasty in 1206 AD and the sultanates those succeeded gradually extended their frontiers and the present Uttar Pradesh was part of their empires.
	www.indtravel.com /uttar/up_1.html (1048 words)

	SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 12 - CHAPTER 1
		S'rî Parîkchit said: 'Please o sage tell me, whose dynasty ruled over the earth after Krishna, the jewel of the Yadu dynasty, had left for His heavenly abode?' [
		These [first six dynasties] will rule the earth for one thousand ninety-nine years, and the eleven Maulas will rule for three hundred years, my dear.
		Modern historians recognize both the Maurya dynasty and Candragupta, the king mentioned in the following verse.' [pp.
	www.srimadbhagavatam.org /canto12/chapter1.html (3494 words)

	History_of_india info here at en.26-of-100.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The kingdom corresponds in name to the Kuru dynasty mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
		It is said that rumors of the huge size of the Nanda army was in part responsible for the retreat of Alexander from India.
		Maurya dynasty Main article: Maurya Dynasty The Buddhist stupa at Sanchi, built during the Mauyran period Map depicting the largest extent of the Mauryan Empire in dark blue, and allied or friendly areas in light blue
	en.26-of-100.info /History_of_India (7585 words)

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		The fourth canto of The Dynasty of Raghu describes a tour about the whole of India and even into regions which are beyond the borders of a narrowly measured India.
		The two epics are The Dynasty of Raghu and The Birth of the War-god.
		The Dynasty of Raghu and The Birth of the War-god belong to a species of composition which it is not easy to name accurately.
	oaks.nvg.org /kalidasa-sayings.html (11198 words)

	Kalidasa: Shakuntala and Other Works: Shakuntala: Act IV. Shakuntala's Departure
		Father Kanva has returned from his pilgrimage, and has bidden me find out what time it is. I will go into the open air and see how much of the night remains.
		It seemed as if her friends were to blame and so, try as we might, we could not tell Father Kanva that Shakuntala was married to Dushyanta and was expecting a baby.
		I found her hiding her face for shame, and Father Kanva was embracing her and encouraging her.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/sha/sha08.htm (1933 words)

	Indian History - Fall of Mauryas
		Philosophers and religious people wandered through the kingdom in search of the truth about life and death, and why life existed.
		The last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty was Brithadratha.
		It is said that there were ten Sunga kings.
	www.indhistory.com /fall-of-mauryas.html (361 words)

	SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 12DOWNLOAD-VERSION
		(35) Thus has this dynasty from [Vaivasvata] Manu been enumerated as it descended on earth; the situations age by age of the learned, the traders and the workers can be known the same way.
		Probably is Bhârgava also known as Us'anâ meant who most powerful formed a dynasty descending from the sages Bhrigu and Mârkandeya [see: 9.16: 32 and 4.1: 45].
		(16) Dynasties [vams'as] originating from Brahmâ extend into the threefold of time [trikâlika] as series of kings and their histories [vams'a-anucaritam] describe the activities of the prominent members in succession.
	bhagavata.org /downloads/bhagavatam-canto12.html (15100 words)

	South Asian Media Net
		Chanakya (or Kautilya) the author of the ancient Hindu text on governance and political savvy known as the Arthashastra.
		Ashoka, one of the greatest rulers of this dynasty, embraced and preached
		Mughal (Mogul) Dynasty, which lasted for 200 years.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/india/history_ancient_india.cfm (1990 words)

	M.E. Sharpe, Inc. - Book Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Description: Throughout history, royal dynasties have dominated countries and empires around the world.
		Yadava Dynasty; Yamato Dynasty; Yaroslav I the Wise; Ya'rubi Dynasty; Yemen rulers; Yi Dynasty; Yi Songgye; Yoritomo; York, House of; Yoruba Kingdoms; Yuan Dynasty; Yung Lo (Yongle)
		It is thorough and comprehensive, and covers individual monarchs from all continents and historical periods; royal dynasties (families); kingdoms and nations; and topics such as oaths, polygamy, taxation, myth and folklore, cooks, and etiquette.
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