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	History Maurya Empire - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
		Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains of modern Bihar and its capital city of Pataliputra (near modern Patna), the Empire was founded in 321 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and began expanding his power across central and western India.
		However, the prospect of battling Magadha in a major war was one of the factors that caused the refusal of his troops to go further east, Alexander returned to Babylon, and redeployed most of his troops west of the Indus.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of persecution for Buddhists, and a resurgence of Hinduism.
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/maurya_empire.php (2768 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Magadha empire
		Magadha was one of the four main kingdoms of India at the time of Buddha, having risen to power during the reigns of Bimbisara (c.
		Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas and had its capital at Rajagaha or Giribbaja where Bimbisara, and after him Ajatashatru, reigned.
		The ancient kingdom of Magadha is identified as having been located in what is now the south of the Indian state of Bihar.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Magadhan_Empire (475 words)

	Political forms of Ancient India
		Magadha’s king, Ajatashatru, was a ruthless ruler and caused the decline of Magadha empire.
		The Magadha empire was overshadowed by the more powerful empire, Maurya, which slowly began to take control of Magadha empire.
		The greatest empire in the fourth century AD was the Gupta empire, which ushered in the golden age of Indian history.
	www.onlineessays.com /essays/history/his181.php (1783 words)

	Maurya Empire information - Search.com
		Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains of modern Bihar and Bengal and its capital city of Pataliputra (near modern Patna), the Empire was founded in 321 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and began expanding his power across central and western India.
		The Empire stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas and to the east, stretching into what is now Assam.
		Whereas both empires recognized the ruler and his ministers as the basis of social order, the first great emperor of India recognized that he had a dharma (duty) to protect his people; his reign was not supported by brute force alone.
	www.search.com /reference/Maurya_Empire (3224 words)

	Magadha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The core of the kingdom was the portion of Bihar lying south of the Ganges, with its capital at Rajagriha (modern Rajgir).
		Magadha expanded to include most of Bihar and Bengal with the conquest of Anga, and then expanded up the Ganges valley annexing Kosala and Kashi.
		Magadha formed one of the sixteen so-called Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit, 'great country').
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magadha (1520 words)

	Gupta Empire information - Search.com
		The Gupta Empire was one of the largest political and military empires in ancient India.
		Despite the creation of the empire through war, the reign is remembered for its very influential style of Hindu art, literature, culture and science, especially during the reign of Chandra Gupta II.
		The empire disintegrated under the attacks of Toramana and his successor, Mihirakula; the Hunas conquered several provinces of the empire, including Malwa, Gujarat, and Thanesar, broke away under the rule of local dynasties.
	www.search.com /reference/Gupta_Empire?redir=1 (2375 words)

	History of India Encyclopedia Article @ PSAMathe.net (PSA Mathe) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Greek invasion, and the subsequent rise of a single Indian empire from the kingdom of Magadha.
		Halicarnassus, it was the most populous and richest of all the twenty satrapies of the empire.
		Achaemenid Empire, reaching the north-west frontiers of the Indian subcontinent in 334 BC.
	www.psamathe.net /encyclopedia/History_of_India (2704 words)

	Magadha and Ashoka Maurya
		Gautama Buddha (6th Century BC), the land of Magadha was ruled by the wise King Bimbisara, whose city of Rajagriha (modern Rajgir, near Gaya, Bihar) controlled nearby iron-mines.
		Magadha battled with all of its neighbours, and used its superior weaponry (e.g.
		In Magadha, Megasthenes reported a sales tax of 10%, while throughout the territories a tax of 20% was applied to all produce (with a 20% trading-surcharge).
	www.geocities.com /sarabhanga/ashoka.html (861 words)

	India The Mauryan Empire - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		North India's political landscape was transformed by the emergence of Magadha in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain.
		The capital was a city of magnificent palaces, temples, a university, a library, gardens, and parks, as reported by Megasthenes, the third-century B.C. Greek historian and ambassador to the Mauryan court.
		The empire was divided into provinces, districts, and villages governed by a host of centrally appointed local officials, who replicated the functions of the central administration.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/india/india_history_the_mauryan_empire.html (1258 words)

	A Concise History of India, Chapter 2
		After the treaty of 305 B.C., the Mauryan Empire got along fine with the Greeks, in part because the Greeks were too preoccupied with affairs in the west to pay attention to their eastern frontier.
		The Kushan Empire was destroyed in 244 A.D. by Shapur I, the second king of the Sassanian or Neo-Persian Empire.
		A century passed between the breakup of Alexander's Empire and the unification of China under the Qin dynasty.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /india/in02.html (3178 words)

	INDIAN MIRROR - HISTORY OF INDIA - History & Legends behind the Indian States
		The antiquity of Magadha is established by the fact that it is referred in the Vedas.
		The kings of Magadha continued to be powerful for a along time and it was the awe inspired by them that made even the Great Alexander, to retreat.
		The Empire was at its height during the reign of Krishnadevaraya.
	www.indianmirror.com /history/hist6.html (3414 words)

	Pala Empire - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - The Pala Empire was a dynasty in control of the eastern Indian subcontinent, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Pala Empire was a dynasty in control of the eastern Indian subcontinent, including the Bengal and Bihar regions, from the 8th to the 12th century.
		It is plausible that the ancestors of the Palas originated from Vanga and later settled in Varendra(North Bengal) or Varendra became the capital of the newly born empire during the reign of Gopala.
		Devapala extended the boundaries of the empire further to Assam,Kamboja and the Southern tip of Deccan-the feat only achieved by Asoka.The successors of Devapala had to contend with the Gurjara-Pratihara and the Rashtrakutas for the supremacy of northern India.After Narayanpala the Pala empire declined but was revived by vigorous rules of Mahipala and Ramapala.
	www.sanpablocaus.com /profile/Pala_Empire (1318 words)

	Political and Social Ethics of India by Sanderson Beck
		According to Buddhist texts the four kings, who ruled Magadha after Ajatashatru, all killed their fathers, though Jain texts claim that his first successor was an adherent of their religion who was assassinated by his political rival, Palaka, the son of the Avanti king Pradyota, who had become powerful by conquering Kaushambi.
		His son, Kalashoka, succeeded to a powerful empire, but he was murdered by a low-caste barber named Ugrasena, who founded the Nanda dynasty, which ended the traditional Kshatriyas' rule by exterminating their principalities.
		Seleucus, the ruler of the eastern portion of the Greek empire, encountered Chandragupta in 305 BC and had to cede the Hindu Kush mountain area for 500 elephants, which enabled him to defeat Antigonus at Ipsus.
	www.san.beck.org /EC10-Social.html (8673 words)

	Miscellenous ancient coins
		Magadha was an ancient kingdom of India, mentioned in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
		The core of the kingdom was that portion of Bihar lying south of the Ganges, with its capital at Rajagriha (modern Rajgir).
		Magadha expanded to include most of Bihar and parts of Bengal with the conquest of Anga, and then expanded up the Ganges valley annexing Kosala and Kashi.
	www.ancientcoins.ca /india.html (3166 words)

	GuptaEmpire.htm
		Sri Gupta and his son Ghaotkacha Gupta were rulers of a small kingdom near Magadha (present day Behar state in India).
		This event was commemorated by issue of gold coins (Many numismatic scholars believe that the coins were issued by their son Samudragupta) showing the king and the queen, a unique event that was repeated only in the roman imperial coins.
		Upon Chandragupta Vikramaditya's death, his son Kumaragupta Mahendraditya ascended to the throne and ruled the Gupta empire until his death in c.
	worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C3/India/GuptaEmpire/GuptaEmpire.htm (320 words)

	India, 320 BCE to 120 CE
		Chandragupta divided his empire into districts, which were administered by his closest relatives and most trusted generals.
		Whatever the cause or causes, regions within the empire asserted their independence, and the empire disintegrated while the Mauryan family, inPataliputra, continued to rule.
		Kanishka's empire prospered economically, and it is said that to his court, from all over Asia, the wealth and wisdom of Kanishka attracted merchants, artists, poets and musicians.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch13.htm (5246 words)

	Ancient India - Economy and Polity in Ancient India 4th c. B.C. - free Suite101.com course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Monarchical states like Magadha and Licchavi were in a great predicament as they were not able to extend their territories.
		Due to these conquests, Magadha was able to manage economic resources like fertile river valleys and iron ore mines which provided the necessary supply of materials for the production of different goods.
		As a result it was in Magadha that we find the beginning of signs of state formation.
	www.suite101.com /lesson.cfm/18730/2158/1?l=0 (531 words)

	MauryaEmpire.htm
		Megasthenes was sent to the court of King Chandragupta Maurya as an ambassador by hellenistic King Seleucus I Nicator after a peace treaty was signed between them and sealed with a marriage alliance of Seleucus' daughter and Chandragupta's son.
		Mauryan empire also introduced for the first time in India square shaped copper coins with punch marks.
		Chandragupta Maurya abnegated the empire in 297 BCE to became an Jain ascetic and traveled to a town Sravana Belgola (near present day Bangalore) in South India.
	worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C3/India/MauryanEmpire/MauryaEmpire.htm (383 words)

	Indus Valley Civilization - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It seems rather likely that, on the contrary, the hypothesized Indo-Aryan migration was as a result of the collapse, comparable with the decline of the Roman Empire and the incursions of relatively primitive peoples during the Migrations Period.
		The ancient Indus systems of sewage and drainage that were developed and used in cities throughout the Indus Empire, were far more advanced than any found in contemporary urban sites in the Middle East and even more efficient than those in some areas of modern Pakistan and India today.
		The advanced architecture of the Harappans is shown by their impressive dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms and protective walls.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Indus_Valley_Civilization (4294 words)

	Anga Mahajanapada
		It was to the east of Magadha, from which it was separated by the River
		In the Buddha's time it was subject to Magadha, (ThagA.i.548) whose king Bimbisára was, we are told, held in esteem also by the people of Anga (MA.i.394), and the people of the two countries evidently used to pay frequent visits to each other (J.ii.211).
		The people of Anga and Magadha are generally mentioned together, so we may gather that by the Buddha's time they had become one people.
	www.angindia.com /angika_anga.html (1008 words)

	History of India - Crystalinks
		Pushyamitra Sunga became the ruler of the Magadha and neighbouring territories.
		The Sassanian empire of Persia, who were close contemporaries of the Guptas, began to expand into the northwestern part of ancient India (now Pakistan), where they established their rule.
		The Cholas emerged as the most powerful empire in the south in the 9th century and retained their pre-eminent position until the 13th century when the Vijayanagar empire was founded.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiahistory.html (3885 words)

	Mahavamsa 6: Vijaya's Ankunft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Magadha was the seat of the Maurya Empire, founded by Chandragupta Maurya, which extended over nearly all of South Asia and parts of Persia and Afghanistan under Ashoka the Great; and, later, of the powerful Gupta Empire, which extended over the northern Indian subcontinent and parts of Persia and Afghanistan.
		At the time of the Buddha, the kingdom of Magadha was bounded on the east by the river Campā (Campā flowed between Anga and Magadha; J.iv.454), on the south by the Vindhyā Mountains, on the west by the river Sona, and on the north by the Ganges.
		Magadha was famous for a special kind of garlic (Sp.iv.920) and the Magadha nāla was a standard of measure.
	www.payer.de /mahavamsa/chronik06.htm (14809 words)

	Antiquity and Continuity ... (Part 5)
		The empire of Chandragupta, also known as the Magadha empire, was very powerful and had a long history but is nowhere mentioned by the Greeks.
		All the Puranas and another historical compilation titled Kaliyug- rajavruttanta, profess to describe the Magadha royal dynasties starting from the Bruhadratha to the Andhra lineages, after which the Magadha empire disintegrated.
		It is known from the Bhagavad Puraan that Buddha was 23rd in the Ikshwaku lineage.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_1/msg00020.html (2047 words)

	pratiharas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Though the Pratiharas, also known as the Gurjara-Pratiharas, had risen to prominence somewhat earlier than the Palas, the real foundations of the Pratihara empire was laid by Bhoja who gradually rebuilt the empire and regained the control over Kannauj by 836 AD.
		He died in 885 AD and was succeeded by his son Mahendrapala who ruled till 908-09 AD and extended the empire over Magadha and north Bengal.
		The Pratihara empire gradually declined after Mahipala, the grandson of Bhoja, was defeated by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III in 915 AD.
	members.tripod.com /masad/pratiharas.html (172 words)

	Bhojpuria People - People, who made us proud...
		Chanakya was born in Magadha (ruled by the Nandas) as the son of acharya Chanak.
		The new states in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by uttarapatha along the base of the Himalayas maintained contact with Takshasilâ and at the eastern end of the uttarapatha was the kingdom of Magadha with its capital city, Pataliputra.
		Aided by the wind, the dung heap was on fire and the man behind the Mauryan Empire and the author of Arthashastra was burned to death.
	www.bhojpuria.com /people/chankya.php (1396 words)

	Historical Information of Maharashtra,History of Marathas,History Information on Maharashtra in India
		Later, Maharashtra was included in the Magadha empire, ruled by the Buddhist emperor Ashoka.
		As the Mauryan Empire degraded, Maharashtra was overpowered by the Satavahanas between 230 BC and 225 AD.
		During his reign Maratha Empire suffered a heavy defeat to the Afghan chieftain Ahmad Shah Abdali, in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761.
	www.indiasite.com /maharashtra/history.html (758 words)

	Bangla1
		This empire is known to have been a strong indian centre as early as 135 AD by the Chinese, which means that Indians (Bengals) were there earlier in history, possibly the 6th/5th century BC, if Sri Vijaya founded the empire.
		Magadha is the first kingdom recorded in Indian history that attempted to create a great empire.
		By the time Alexandre conquers northern India in 326 BC, Magadha was a great empire under the Nandas and this was the seed from which the Mauryan empire germinated, retaining the great beaurocracy, army and passion for arts and litterature of the Nanda kings.
	www.geocities.com /raqta24/bangla3.htm (5734 words)

	Maurya Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains of modern Bihar and Bengal, and with its capital city of Pataliputra (near modern Patna), the Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and begun expanding his power across central and western India.
		The Empire was expanded into India's central and southern regions by Emperor Bindusara, but it excluded a small portion of unexplored tribal and forested regions near Kalinga.
		However, the prospect of battling Magadha in a major war was one of the factors that caused the refusal of Alexander's troops to go further east: he returned to Babylon, and he re-deployed most of his troops west of the Indus river.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mauryan_empire (6192 words)

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