Back Magadha ALS مملكة ماجادها Arabic Magadha AST ماگدها AZB Магадха Bashkir Магадха Byelorussian Магадха Bulgarian मगध Bihari মগধ Bengali/Bangla མ་ག་དྷ་ Tibetan
Magadha | |||||||||
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| 17th century BCE – 6th century BCE | |||||||||
.png) Magadha and other kingdoms in the Late Vedic period. | |||||||||
.png) Magadha and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period. | |||||||||
| Capital | Rajagriha (Girivraj) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Sanskrit[1] Magadhi Prakrit Ardhamagadhi Prakrit | ||||||||
| Religion | Historical Vedic religion Buddhism Jainism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Māgadhī | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
| Currency | Panas | ||||||||
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Magadha was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom and one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period, based in the eastern Ganges Plain, in ancient India. Magadha played an important role in the development of Jainism and Buddhism.[2]
- ^ Jain, Dhanesh (2007). "Sociolinguistics of the Indo-Aryan languages". In George Cardona; Dhanesh Jain (eds.). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. pp. 47–66, 51. ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.
- ^ Damien Keown (26 August 2004). A Dictionary of Buddhism. OUP Oxford. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-157917-2.