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Magadha was a region in ancient India, named after an ancient kingdom of the same name, which was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period, based in the eastern Ganges Plain.
Some scholars have identified the Kīkaṭa tribe—mentioned in the Rigveda (3.53.14) with their ruler Pramaganda—as the forefathers of Magadhas because Kikata is used as synonym for Magadha in the later texts; [5] Like the Magadhas in the Atharvaveda, the Rigveda speaks of the Kikatas as a hostile tribe, living on the borders of Brahmanical India, who did not perform Vedic rituals.
Map of Magadh region. The culture of Magadh is rich with its distinct language, folk songs and festivals. In ancient period it was known as Magadha mahajanpada. The present-day Magadh region split between the states of Bihar and Jharkhand in India. The major language of the region is Magahi. [1] [2] [3]
Vedic Civilisation (1500–500 BC) – Janapadas (1500–600 BC) – Black and Red ware culture (1300–1000 BC) – Painted Grey Ware culture (1200–600 BC) – Northern Black Polished Ware
The Kingdom of Magadha, later known as the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and later empire in ancient north India.Many houses ruled the kingdom and it's empire over the centuries until it was defeated by the Satavahana Empire in c. 28 BCE.
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Map of the eastern Gangetic plain after Ajatashatru's conquest of the Vajjika League and of Moriya Depiction of Ajatashatru of Magadha The relations of the Licchavikas with their southern neighbour, the Kingdom of Magadha , were initially good, and the wife of the Māgadhī king Bimbisāra was the Vaishali princess Vāsavī, who was the ...
Magadh division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Gaya is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists Gaya district , Nawada district , Aurangabad district , Jehanabad district , and Arwal district .