Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

History of India and Magadha

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between History of India and Magadha

History of India vs. Magadha

The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of civilisation from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the eventual blending of the Indo-Aryan culture to form the Vedic Civilisation; the rise of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism;Sanderson, Alexis (2009), "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period." In: Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo Einoo, Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 2009. Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (Sanskrit: "Great Countries") of ancient India.

Similarities between History of India and Magadha

History of India and Magadha have 64 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ajatashatru, Anga, Arthashastra, Asceticism, Ashoka, Astronomy, Atharvaveda, Śramaṇa, Bangladesh, Beas River, Bengal, Bihar, Bimbisara, Bodh Gaya, Brihadratha, Buddhism, Buddhist councils, Buddhist texts, Chanakya, Chandragupta Maurya, Coenus (general), Coinage of India, Dharma, Gandhara, Ganges, Gautama Buddha, Gupta Empire, Haryanka dynasty, Hinduism, Indian mathematics, ..., Indian philosophy, Indo-Aryan peoples, Jain Agamas, Jainism, Kosala, Licchavi (clan), Mahabharata, Mahajanapada, Mahapadma Nanda, Mahavira, Maurya Empire, Nalanda, Nanda Empire, Nepal, Odisha, Pataliputra, Patna, Pāli Canon, Prakrit, Puranas, Rajgir, Ramayana, Rishabhanatha, Sanskrit, Sarnath, Shishunaga dynasty, Shravasti, Shunga Empire, Stupa, Tirthankara, Uttar Pradesh, Vajji, Vindhya Range, West Bengal. Expand index (34 more) »

Ajatashatru

Ajatashatru (Pali: Ajātasattu; Kunika; or early 4th century BCE) was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in North India.

Ajatashatru and History of India · Ajatashatru and Magadha · See more »

Anga

Anga was an ancient Indian kingdom that flourished on the eastern Indian subcontinent and one of the sixteen mahajanapadas ("large state").

Anga and History of India · Anga and Magadha · See more »

Arthashastra

The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit.

Arthashastra and History of India · Arthashastra and Magadha · See more »

Asceticism

Asceticism (from the ἄσκησις áskesis, "exercise, training") is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.

Asceticism and History of India · Asceticism and Magadha · See more »

Ashoka

Ashoka (died 232 BCE), or Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE.

Ashoka and History of India · Ashoka and Magadha · See more »

Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

Astronomy and History of India · Astronomy and Magadha · See more »

Atharvaveda

The Atharva Veda (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद, from and veda, meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".

Atharvaveda and History of India · Atharvaveda and Magadha · See more »

Śramaṇa

Śramaṇa (Sanskrit: श्रमण; Pali: samaṇa) means "seeker, one who performs acts of austerity, ascetic".

History of India and Śramaṇa · Magadha and Śramaṇa · See more »

Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

Bangladesh and History of India · Bangladesh and Magadha · See more »

Beas River

The Beas River also known as the Biás or Bias, (Sanskrit: विपाशा Vipāśā; Hyphasis), is a river in north India.

Beas River and History of India · Beas River and Magadha · See more »

Bengal

Bengal (Bānglā/Bôngô /) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in Asia, which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

Bengal and History of India · Bengal and Magadha · See more »

Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

Bihar and History of India · Bihar and Magadha · See more »

Bimbisara

Bimbisara (c. 558 – c. 491 BC or during the late 5th century BC) also known as Seniya or Shrenika in the Jain histories was a King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), Indian History. Allied Publishers, New Delhi 262010, f. or c. 400 BC) and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty.

Bimbisara and History of India · Bimbisara and Magadha · See more »

Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Bodh Gaya and History of India · Bodh Gaya and Magadha · See more »

Brihadratha

Brihadratha (बृहद्रथ; IAST: Bṛhadratha), also known as Maharatha, was the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty, the earliest ruling dynasty of Magadha.

Brihadratha and History of India · Brihadratha and Magadha · See more »

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

Buddhism and History of India · Buddhism and Magadha · See more »

Buddhist councils

Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities have periodically convened to settle doctrinal and disciplinary disputes and to revise and correct the contents of the sutras.

Buddhist councils and History of India · Buddhist councils and Magadha · See more »

Buddhist texts

Buddhist texts were initially passed on orally by monks, but were later written down and composed as manuscripts in various Indo-Aryan languages which were then translated into other local languages as Buddhism spread.

Buddhist texts and History of India · Buddhist texts and Magadha · See more »

Chanakya

Chanakya (IAST:,; fl. c. 4th century BCE) was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor.

Chanakya and History of India · Chanakya and Magadha · See more »

Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya (reign: 321–297 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India.

Chandragupta Maurya and History of India · Chandragupta Maurya and Magadha · See more »

Coenus (general)

Coenus (Greek: Koῖνος; died 326 BC), a son of Polemocrates and son-in-law of Parmenion, was one of the ablest and most faithful generals of Alexander the Great in his eastern expedition.

Coenus (general) and History of India · Coenus (general) and Magadha · See more »

Coinage of India

Coinage of India, issued by imperial dynasties and middle kingdoms, began anywhere between the 1st millennium BCE to the 6th century BCE, and consisted mainly of copper and silver coins in its initial stage.

Coinage of India and History of India · Coinage of India and Magadha · See more »

Dharma

Dharma (dharma,; dhamma, translit. dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

Dharma and History of India · Dharma and Magadha · See more »

Gandhara

Gandhāra was an ancient kingdom situated along the Kabul and Swat rivers of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Gandhara and History of India · Gandhara and Magadha · See more »

Ganges

The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.

Ganges and History of India · Ganges and Magadha · See more »

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

Gautama Buddha and History of India · Gautama Buddha and Magadha · See more »

Gupta Empire

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE.

Gupta Empire and History of India · Gupta Empire and Magadha · See more »

Haryanka dynasty

The Haryanka dynasty was the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, an ancient kingdom in India, which succeeded the mythological Barhadratha dynasty.

Haryanka dynasty and History of India · Haryanka dynasty and Magadha · See more »

Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

Hinduism and History of India · Hinduism and Magadha · See more »

Indian mathematics

Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent from 1200 BC until the end of the 18th century.

History of India and Indian mathematics · Indian mathematics and Magadha · See more »

Indian philosophy

Indian philosophy refers to ancient philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

History of India and Indian philosophy · Indian philosophy and Magadha · See more »

Indo-Aryan peoples

Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse Indo-European-speaking ethnolinguistic group of speakers of Indo-Aryan languages.

History of India and Indo-Aryan peoples · Indo-Aryan peoples and Magadha · See more »

Jain Agamas

Agamas are texts of Jainism based on the discourses of the tirthankara.

History of India and Jain Agamas · Jain Agamas and Magadha · See more »

Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

History of India and Jainism · Jainism and Magadha · See more »

Kosala

Kingdom of Kosala (कोसला राज्य) was an ancient Indian kingdom, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Awadh in present-day Uttar Pradesh.

History of India and Kosala · Kosala and Magadha · See more »

Licchavi (clan)

The Licchavis were the most famous clan amongst the ruling confederate clans of the Vajji Mahajanapada of ancient India.

History of India and Licchavi (clan) · Licchavi (clan) and Magadha · See more »

Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

History of India and Mahabharata · Magadha and Mahabharata · See more »

Mahajanapada

Mahājanapada (lit, from maha, "great", and janapada "foothold of a tribe, country") was one of the sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE.

History of India and Mahajanapada · Magadha and Mahajanapada · See more »

Mahapadma Nanda

Mahapadma Nanda (IAST: Mahāpadmānanda) was the first Emperor of the Nanda Empire.

History of India and Mahapadma Nanda · Magadha and Mahapadma Nanda · See more »

Mahavira

Mahavira (IAST), also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth Tirthankara (ford-maker) of Jainism which was revived and re-established by him.

History of India and Mahavira · Magadha and Mahavira · See more »

Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire was a geographically-extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 180 BCE.

History of India and Maurya Empire · Magadha and Maurya Empire · See more »

Nalanda

Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.

History of India and Nalanda · Magadha and Nalanda · See more »

Nanda Empire

The Nanda dynasty originated from the region of Magadha in ancient India during the 4th century BCE and lasted between 345–321 BCE.

History of India and Nanda Empire · Magadha and Nanda Empire · See more »

Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

History of India and Nepal · Magadha and Nepal · See more »

Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

History of India and Odisha · Magadha and Odisha · See more »

Pataliputra

Pataliputra (IAST), adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Udayin in 490 BCE as a small fort near the Ganges river.

History of India and Pataliputra · Magadha and Pataliputra · See more »

Patna

Patna is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India.

History of India and Patna · Magadha and Patna · See more »

Pāli Canon

The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.

History of India and Pāli Canon · Magadha and Pāli Canon · See more »

Prakrit

The Prakrits (प्राकृत; pāuda; pāua) are any of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages formerly spoken in India.

History of India and Prakrit · Magadha and Prakrit · See more »

Puranas

The Puranas (singular: पुराण), are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories.

History of India and Puranas · Magadha and Puranas · See more »

Rajgir

Rajgir (originally known as Girivraj) is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar.

History of India and Rajgir · Magadha and Rajgir · See more »

Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

History of India and Ramayana · Magadha and Ramayana · See more »

Rishabhanatha

Rushabhanatha or Rishabhanatha (also, Rushabhadeva, Rishabhadeva, or which literally means "bull") is the first Tirthankara (ford maker) in Jainism.

History of India and Rishabhanatha · Magadha and Rishabhanatha · See more »

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

History of India and Sanskrit · Magadha and Sanskrit · See more »

Sarnath

Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India.

History of India and Sarnath · Magadha and Sarnath · See more »

Shishunaga dynasty

The Shishunaga dynasty is believed to have been the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, an empire of ancient India.

History of India and Shishunaga dynasty · Magadha and Shishunaga dynasty · See more »

Shravasti

Shravasti (Pali) was a city of ancient India and one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha's lifetime.

History of India and Shravasti · Magadha and Shravasti · See more »

Shunga Empire

The Shunga Empire (IAST) was an ancient Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled areas of the central and eastern Indian subcontinent from around 187 to 78 BCE.

History of India and Shunga Empire · Magadha and Shunga Empire · See more »

Stupa

A stupa (Sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.

History of India and Stupa · Magadha and Stupa · See more »

Tirthankara

In Jainism, a tirthankara (Sanskrit:; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).

History of India and Tirthankara · Magadha and Tirthankara · See more »

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

History of India and Uttar Pradesh · Magadha and Uttar Pradesh · See more »

Vajji

Vajji (Vṛji) or Vrijji was a confederacy of neighbouring clans including the Licchavis and one of the principal mahājanapadas of Ancient India.

History of India and Vajji · Magadha and Vajji · See more »

Vindhya Range

The Vindhya Range(also known as Vindhyachal)() is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.

History of India and Vindhya Range · Magadha and Vindhya Range · See more »

West Bengal

West Bengal (Paśchimbāṅga) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.

History of India and West Bengal · Magadha and West Bengal · See more »

The list above answers the following questions

History of India and Magadha Comparison

History of India has 1144 relations, while Magadha has 88. As they have in common 64, the Jaccard index is 5.19% = 64 / (1144 + 88).

References

This article shows the relationship between History of India and Magadha. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

Hey! We are on Facebook now! »