{"slug": "magadha", "label": "Magadha", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadha", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234009", "qid": "Q234009", "description": "kingdom in ancient India", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [-1209, -214], "span_label": ["1210 BCE", "215 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}], "also_known_as": ["Magadha (Mahajanapada)"], "related": [{"slug": "maurya-empire", "label": "Maurya Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "chandragupta-maurya", "label": "Chandragupta Maurya", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ganges", "label": "Ganges", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1209, "year_label": "1210 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1210 BC—Accession of legendary Magadhan king Subrata of the Brihadrata dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367535191#Events_and_trends", "title": "1210s BC", "revid": 1367535191, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -798, "year_label": "799 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "799 BC— According to the Vayu Purana, the Pradyota dynasty conquers Magadha, starting a rule that lasts 138 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357668144#Events_and_trends", "title": "790s BC", "revid": 1357668144, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -751, "year_label": "752 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "752 BC—Visakhayupa succeeds Palaka as emperor of Magadha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368385928#Events_and_trends", "title": "750s BC", "revid": 1368385928, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -443, "year_label": "444 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Udayin, king of Magadha in ancient India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1255871584#Deaths", "title": "444 BC", "revid": 1255871584, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -344, "year_label": "345 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Nanda Empire is founded in Magadha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114110#India", "title": "345 BC", "revid": 1367114110, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -325, "year_label": "326 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Alexander continues on to conquer all the headwaters of the Indus River. East of Porus' kingdom, near the Ganges River, Alexander faces the powerful empire of Magadha ruled by the Nanda dynasty. Fearing the prospects of facing another powerful Indian army and exhausted by years of campaigning, his army mutinies at the Hyphasis River (the modern Beas River) and refuses to march further east, thus making this river mark the easternmost extent of Alexander's conquests.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279205798#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "326 BC", "revid": 1279205798, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -321, "year_label": "322 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help of Chanakya (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroys the Nanda rulers of Magadha and establishes the Maurya Empire. It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1316405653#India", "title": "322 BC", "revid": 1316405653, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -320, "year_label": "321 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, establishes himself as the king of Magadha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359962346#India", "title": "321 BC", "revid": 1359962346, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -223, "year_label": "224 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dasharatha, Mauryan emperor of Magadha (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172702#Deaths", "title": "224 BC", "revid": 1354172702, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Samprati, Mauryan emperor of Magadha", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Deaths", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Deaths"}}]}