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Magadha (Mahajanapada)

8 dated entries naming Magadha (Mahajanapada), drawn from 8 separate years between 1210 BCE and 321 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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13th century BC

  • 1210 BCE1210 BC—Accession of legendary Magadhan king Subrata of the Brihadrata dynasty.source

8th century BC

  • 799 BCE799 BC— According to the Vayu Purana, the Pradyota dynasty conquers Magadha, starting a rule that lasts 138 years.source
  • 752 BCE752 BC—Visakhayupa succeeds Palaka as emperor of Magadha.source

5th century BC

4th century BC

  • 345 BCEThe Nanda Empire is founded in Magadha.source
  • 326 BCEAlexander 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.source
  • 322 BCEChandragupta 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.source
  • 321 BCEChandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, establishes himself as the king of Magadha.source

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