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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. The history of the monarchs of Magadha, particularly in the Pre-Mauryan period, is shrouded in mystery and ...
Ajatashatru sent the request thrice but got the same reply all three times. This greatly annoyed him, so he sent his men to arrest them. Meanwhile, Halla and the Vihalla kumaras saw a chance and escaped to their maternal grandfather Chetaka who was the king of the great kingdom of the Vaishali republic (Vajjis/Licchavi tribe).
He is the powerful monarch of Magadha, and a minor antagonist in Mahabharata. He is the son of the king Brihadratha , the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty of Magadha. According to popular lore, the descendants of Brihadratha ruled Magadha for 2600 years followed by Pradyota Dynasty and the Haryanka dynasty .
The dynasty ruled over much of Uttar Pradesh and Magadha. Around 606, a large area of their empire was reconquered by the Later Guptas of Magadha . [ 3 ] According to Xuanzang , the territory may have been lost to King Shashanka of the Gauda Kingdom , who declared independence c. 600 .
The series tells the story of how he faced the problems outside and inside Magadha, eventually rising to become its ruler. [6] [7] The show premiered on 2 February 2015 with a 1-hour telecast duration for the first 20 episodes. [8] The serial ended on 7 October 2016. [9] It was awarded and being named as the best Historical drama ever made. [10]
Saurabh Raj Jain as Dhana Nanda: Emperor of Magadha, the most powerful kingdom of India. He belongs to the Shudra (low-caste) Nanda Dynasty, who are by profession barbers. This causes him to have tense relations with the Kshatriyas (a higher caste), which included the Pauravas. He was first mentioned when he refused to join the alliance of the ...
According to the Puranas, Brihadratha (also Maharatha) was the king of Magadha [2] and the founder of the Brihadratha dynasty. According to the Mahabharata and the Purana, he was the eldest of the five sons of Uparichara Vasu, the Kuru king of Chedi, and his queen was Girika.
Chanakya, a Takshashilan Brahmin scholar and the former prime minister of the Paurava Kingdom arrives in Magadha, ruled by the unjust and cruel Nanda emperor Dhana Nanda. He urges him to drive the Macedonians out of India and unite the Mahajanapadas (Indian kingdoms). However, Dhana Nanda openly humiliates Chanakya in the court, mocking his ...