Magadha (mŭ`gädə), ancient Indian kingdom, situated within the area of the modern states of Bihar Bihar Sharif (bēhär` shärēf`) or Bihar, city (1991 pop.
..... Click the link for more information. and Jharkhand Jharkhand, state (2001 provisional pop. 26,909,428), 30,775 sq mi (79,714 sq km), E central India; created in 2000 from S Bihar , which now forms its northern border. Other bordering states are Chhattisgarh (W), West Bengal (E), and Orissa (S). The capital is Ranchi .
..... Click the link for more information. . Its capital was Pataliputra (now Patna Patna (păt`nə, pŭt`–), city (1991 pop. 1,099,647), capital of Bihar state, NE India, on the Ganges River.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The kingdom rose to prominence in the mid-7th cent. B.C. and rapidly extended its frontiers, especially under the rule of Bimbisara (c.540–c.490). Magadha fell (c.325) to Chandragupta Chandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya) (chändrəg
p`tə), fl. c.321 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , who made the kingdom the nucleus of the Mauryan empire. After a period of obscurity, it recovered importance in the 4th cent. A.D. as the power-base of the Gupta Gupta (gp`tə), Indian dynasty, A.D. c.320–c.
..... Click the link for more information. dynasty. Buddhism and Jainism first developed in Magadha, and the Buddha used the Magadhi dialect of Sanskrit.
..... Click the link for more information. and Jharkhand Jharkhand, state (2001 provisional pop. 26,909,428), 30,775 sq mi (79,714 sq km), E central India; created in 2000 from S Bihar , which now forms its northern border. Other bordering states are Chhattisgarh (W), West Bengal (E), and Orissa (S). The capital is Ranchi .
..... Click the link for more information. . Its capital was Pataliputra (now Patna Patna (păt`nə, pŭt`–), city (1991 pop. 1,099,647), capital of Bihar state, NE India, on the Ganges River.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The kingdom rose to prominence in the mid-7th cent. B.C. and rapidly extended its frontiers, especially under the rule of Bimbisara (c.540–c.490). Magadha fell (c.325) to Chandragupta Chandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya) (chändrəg
p`tə), fl. c.321 B.C...... Click the link for more information. , who made the kingdom the nucleus of the Mauryan empire. After a period of obscurity, it recovered importance in the 4th cent. A.D. as the power-base of the Gupta Gupta (g
p`tə), Indian dynasty, A.D. c.320–c...... Click the link for more information. dynasty. Buddhism and Jainism first developed in Magadha, and the Buddha used the Magadhi dialect of Sanskrit.
Magadha
Ancient kingdom, India, situated in present-day Bihar and Jharkhand states, northeastern India. An important kingdom in the 7th century BC, it absorbed the kingdom of Anga in the 6th century BC. Pataliputra (Patna) was its capital. Its strength grew under the Nanda dynasty; under the Mauryan dynasty (4th–2nd centuries BC), it comprised nearly the entire Indian subcontinent. It afterwards declined. Revived in the 4th century AD under the Gupta dynasty, it was conquered by the Muslims in the late 12th century. It was the scene of many events in the life of the Buddha.
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