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	Sanskrit: nanda
		nanda-ālayam — to the house of Mahārāja Nanda; SB 10.5.11
		nanda-gṛhe — in the house of Nanda Mahārāja; SB 10.6.7
		nanda-veśmani — in the house of Nanda Mahārāja; SB 10.43.24
	www.vedabase.net /n/nanda (872 words)

	Nanda Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nanda dynasty ruled Magadha during the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
		Mahapadma Nanda died at the age of 88 and, therefore, he ruled the bulk of the period of this dynasty, which lasted 100 years.
		Nandas were the first of a number of dynasties of northern India who were of non-kshatriya origin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nanda_dynasty (587 words)

	Sanskrit: kula
		yadu-kula — of the Yadu dynasty; SB 10.45.29
		kuru-kula — of the Kuru dynasty; SB 10.74.53
		haihaya-kula — of the dynasty of Haihaya; SB 11.4.21
	vedabase.net /k/kula (893 words)

	Nanda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nanda Dynasty, ruled Eastern India in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE
		Nanda (mythology), in Hinduism, a peasant and foster-father of Krishna
		Narinder Singh Nanda, a dynamic leader of Pothohar
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nanda (139 words)

	History of India - Crystalinks
		The bloody fight between the Nandas and the Mauryas overthrew the dynasty of Nandas.
		Nandas were the first of a number of dynasties of northern India who were of non-kshatriya origin.The Nandas are sometimes described as the first empire builders of India.
		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.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiahistory.html (3885 words)

	Nanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nanda delights the residents of Vraja and he is worshiped by all the worlds.
		Nanda is the king of the cowherd men, the younger brother of Upananda and the intimate friend of Maharaja Vasudeva.
		Nanda and his wife Yasoda are the king and queen of Vrajabhumi and the parents of Lord Krsna.
	www.vrindavan.de /nanda.htm (286 words)

	History Of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BC, 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.
		One Rajput of the Chauhan dynasty, Prithviraj Chauhan, was known for bloody conflicts against the encroaching Islamic Sultanates, and the Rajputs in general, due to their location in the north of India, bore the brunt of this assault for centuries, successfully maintaining their kingdoms.
		The subsequant Slave dynasty of Delhi 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.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=History_of_India (6996 words)

	Nanda Raj Jat Yatra Garhwal India, Fairs and Festivals in India, Kumaun and Garhwal, Basant Panchami, india fairs and ...
		The Nanda Raj Jat Yatra is organized under the patronage of the descendants of the king of Garhwal.
		Meantime news is conveyed to the prince that a mysterious four horned ram is already born heralding the advent of Goddess Nanda in the village.
		Broken hearted, her passionate expression of grief brings tears to the eyes of the assembled ladies who in their turn also start crying and their incessant sobbing remains unabated and they all feel that the cruel hand of Destiny is mercilessly snatching her away from them leaving them all.
	www.indiaprofile.com /fairs-festivals/nandarajyatra.htm (1726 words)

	Maurya Empire Summary
		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 321 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and begun 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 Alexander's troops to go further east: he returned to Babylon, and he re-deployed most of his troops west of the Indus river.
		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.bookrags.com /Maurya_Empire (3766 words)

	Nanda Dynasty - Indian History
		The first Magadha dynasty was overthrown by the usurper Mahapadna, founder of the Nanda dynasty, son of a low-caste woman.
		The Nandas ruled Magadha between 364 B.C. and 324 B.C. Dhanananda was the last of the Nanda Kings.
		In the history of India, the Nanda period is considered to be important from many points of view.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/nanda_dynasty.html (187 words)

	Basic chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Then come shishunAka, then nanda: at his time there was no one of the main ikSvAku or puru dynasties: though there were small regional leaders from these families.
		The nanda dynasty was altogether 100 years, but in magadha for less than that.
		According to Greek, jaina and buddha stories, nanda was born of the queen of mahAnandI and a barber, and killed mahAnandI.
	members.tripod.com /~tanmoy/mythicgen/tidbits.html (1893 words)

	Ancient Bharat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was followed by three other kings finally leading to the foundation of the Nanda dynasty, which was responsible for the rise of a legend Kautilya (Chanakya).
		Nandas as per Puranas are stated to have a lot of wealth.
		This was too much for Chanakya and he took a vow that he would ruin Nanda Dynasty.
	www.vandemataram.com /html/1anbht/magadha/index.htm (522 words)

	India - News - The Devi Of Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A heart-rending tale tells of the beautiful princess Nanda of the Chanda dynasty, whose father was the king of Almora in the Kumaon Himalayas.
		The peak, which befriended her and took her into its bosom, became the personification of the lovely Nanda, and is now worshipped as Nanda Devi.
		The Nanda Jat, a ceremonial procession that escorts the Devi to her husband’s home again, marks the end of her visit.
	www3.estart.com /india/travel/nandadevi.html (948 words)

	Ancient History of India,History of Ancient India,Ancient Indian History
		¤ Bimbisara- The Magadhan Ruler of Sisunga Dynasty
		¤ Harsha Vardhana -- The Rulere 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.
	voice.indiasite.com /ancient.html (4863 words)

	SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 10 - CHAPTER 5
		Nanda, after entrusting the cowherd men the protection of Gokula [the cow-village], went to Mathurâ to pay of his profit his yearly taxes to Kamsa, o best of the Kuru-dynasty.
		S'rî Nanda said: 'How regrettable it is that the many sons you had with Devakî were killed by Kamsa and that also the one remaining child, the youngest, a daughter has gone to heaven.
		O Mahârâja Parîkchit, the home of Nanda Mahârâja is eternally the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His transcendental qualities and is therefore always naturally endowed with the opulence of all wealth.
	srimadbhagavatam.org /canto10/chapter5.html (3301 words)

	Magadha Dynasty - Indian History
		Pradyota assents the throne of Avanti ending the Brhadratha Dynasty and commencing the Pradyota Dynasty of Magadha.
		After the death of Udayan, the kingdom of Magadh declined rapidly and was replaced by the Shishunaga dynasty, which took over in 413 BC.
		However, the Shishunaga dynasty did not last for more than 50 years and the Nanda dynasty took over.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/shishunaga_dynasty.html (551 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.
		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.
		Brhadrata, the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty, ruled territories that had shrunk considerably from the time of emperor Ashoka, but he was still upholding the Buddhist faith.
	www.search.com /reference/Maurya_Empire?redir=1 (3214 words)

	Chandragupta Maurya Summary
		Born a peasant, Chandragupta rose to overthrow the Nanda dynasty in the Magadha state of eastern India.
		With the help of these frontier warlike clans from the northwest Chandragupta managed to defeat the corrupt Nanda ruler of Magadha and later, upon Alexander's death, the Macedonian straps of Punjab and Afghanistan, thus laying the foundations of a Maurya Empire in northern India.
		Xandrammes of the previous dynasty was murdered by Sandrokottas whose son was Sandrocyptus.
	www.bookrags.com /Chandragupta_Maurya (3777 words)

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		Nanda dynasty placed in the range: 400 BC - 300 BC.
		Kshemajit (reign 1892-1852 BC) was the fourth in the Shishunag dynasty, and was a contemporary of Lord Buddha's father, Shuddhodana.
		Thus we have the sequence of events, but unless the time of Mahabharat is fixed, or time of some main dynasty is fixed, exact time cannot be associated with these events.
	www.geocities.com /narenp/history/info/epilogue.htm (776 words)

	The History of Pakistan - iftikhar ul haq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Mauryan dynasty lasted about 180 years, nearly as long as Achaemenid rule, and began with Chandragupta Maurya, not to be confused with Chandragupta I of the much-later Gupta Dynasty.
		Muhammad's successors established the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, while the Mamluk Dynasty (mamluk means "slave" and referred to the Turkic slave soldiers who became rulers throughout the Islamic world) in 1211 (however, the Delhi Sultanate is traditionally held to have been founded in 1206) seized the reins of empire.
		Several Turko-Afghan dynasties ruled from Delhi: the Mamluk (1211-90), the Khalji (1290-1320), the Tughlaq (1320-1413), the Sayyid (1414-51), and the Lodhi (1451-1526).
	ulhaqcom.wetpaint.com /page/The+History+of+Pakistan/revision/2 (6976 words)

	Mauryan Empire, Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, Ashoka, Ashoka'S Dhamma
		At that time, Magadh was ruled by the Nanda dynasty whose rule was unpopular.
		Chandragupta founded the Mauryan Empire by overthrowing the Nanda dynasty with the help of Chanakya (also Kautilya) who was an important minister in the court of the Nanda rulers.
		Chanakya was ill treated by the Nanda king and he vowed to destroy their kingdom.
	india.mapsofindia.com /the-country/ancient-history/mauryan-rulers.html (1422 words)

	Sanskrit: nandana
		vrajendra-nandana — the son of Nanda Mahārāja, the King of Vrajabhūmi; CC Madhya 9.130
		nahe vrajendra-nandana — not the son of Nanda Mahārāja; CC Madhya 20.196
		vrajendra-nandana — the shelter of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja; CC Antya 7.28
	caitanyacaritamrta.com /n/nandana (1153 words)

	History of Iran: Dehiya on the Jat Iranic Identity of the Mauryas
		Other theories say that Mauryas were connected with the Nandas, Mura being taken to be the wife of a Nanda king, and, so the grand-mother or mother of the first Maurya.
		K.A.Nilakanta Sastri (The age of Nandas and Mauryas, p.143) thought that Chandragupta hailed from western India and the poor status in which he was found was due to the aggressive imperialist policy of Magadha under the Nandas.
		Nandas seem to have alienated the majority of the Indian population.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/iranic_identity_of_mauryas1.php (2763 words)

	Glossary of Garoi Ashram related terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kalinga was conquered by Mahapadma, the founder of the Nanda dynasty (c.
		It seceded from the Magadhan empire sometime after the fall of the Nanda dynasty, but it was reconquered by the Maurya king Ashoka in the 3rd century BC in a terrible war that was said to have helped to convert him to Buddhism.
		Not only did these imperial dynasties begin by establishing their power in Magadha but in each case Pataliputra (adjacent to modern Patna) was the imperial capital, thus adding to the prestige of Magadha.
	www.garoiashram.org /english/siteglossary.html (4112 words)

	Jimmy Hodges Ministries International
		The Shishunaga dynasty was followed by the Nanda dynasty that ruled for 100 years.
		Chandragupta Maurya, a famed Hindu monarch, founded the Mauryan dynasty of Magadha with the help of 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 Buddhism after experiencing an epiphany on the bloody battlefield of Kalinga.
	www.jhmi.ws /india.html (3247 words)

	Sticky Story of the Week!
		The Mauryan dynasty lasted about 180 years, nearly as long as Achaemenid rule, and began with Chandragupta Maurya, not to be confused with Chandragupta I of the much-later Gupta Dynasty [1].
		In ancient Pakistan, nearly all of the Asokan edicts are written either in the Aramaic script (Aramiac had been the lingua franca of the Achaemenid empire) or in Kharosthi, a script derived from Aramaic.
		He was assassinated in 185 BC by his Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who made himself the ruler and established the Sunga dynasty.
	www.rungg.com /streetTeams/pages.php?goto=story006 (1575 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dhana Nanda was the ninth descendent circa 326 B.C. of the Nanda Dynasty that was founded by Mahapadma Nanda circa 425 B.C. Conquering Magadh does not mean that Alexander would have conquered Bengali speaking land.
		Indeed the legend confirms that Mahapadma Nanda was a SHUDRA and, thus, known as the founder of the Shudra Kingdom in Magadh.
		Mahapadma Nanda ousted Mahanandin circa 425 B.C. and succeeded to the throne.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2006-06-30&hidType=OPT&hidRecord=0000000000000000114865 (4021 words)

	Mailer India, The Best Entertainer in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is said that Chanakya had been personally offended by King Nanda and that this powerful brahmana had vowed to keep his long sikha unknotted until he saw to the demise of the contemptuous ruler and his drunken princes.
		True to his oath, it was only after Chanakya Pandit engineered a swift death for the degraded and worthless rulers of the Nanda dynasty that this great brahmana was able to again tie up his tuft of hair.
		After the Nanda downfall, it became easy for Chandragupta to win the support of the Magadha citizens, who responded warmly to their new heroic and handsome young ruler.
	mailerindia.com /hindu/artha/atrhasastra1.php (1724 words)

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