dhana nanda was the last ruler of magadha kingdom.
dhana nanda was the last ruler of magadha kingdom.
who was the last ruler of magadha kingdom?
dhana nanda
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kikata was an ancient kingdom in what is now india, mentioned in the vedas. it is believed that they were the forefathers of magadhas because kikata is used as synonym for magadha in the later texts . it probably lay to the south of magadha kingdom in a hilly landscape. a section in the rigveda (rv 3.53.14) refers to the (hindi:कीकट), a tribe which most scholars have placed in bihar (magadha) such as weber and zimmer while some scholars such as oldenburg and hillebrandt dispute that. according to puranic literature kikata is placed near gaya. it is described as extending from caran-adri to gridharakuta (vulture peak), rajgir. some scholar such as a. n. chandra place kikata in a hilly part of indus valley based on argument that countries between magadh and indus valley are not mentioned such as kuru, kosala etc. kikatas were said to be anarya or non vedic people who didn't practice vedic rituals like soma, according to sayana, kikatas didn't perform worship, were infidels and nastikas. the leader of kikatas has been called pramaganda, a usurer. it is unclear whether kikatas were already present in magadh during rigvedic period or they migrated there later. like rigveda attributes of kikatas, atharvaveda also speaks about south eastern tribes like magadhas and angas as hostile tribe who lived on the borders of brahmanical india. bhagvata purana mentions about the birth of buddha among kikatas. the existence of magadha is recorded in vedic texts much earlier in time than 600 bce. the earliest reference to the magadha people occurs in the "atharvaveda", where they are found listed along with the angas, gandharis and mujavats. the core of the kingdom was the area of bihar south of the ganges; its first capital was rajagriha (modern day rajgir), then pataliputra (modern patna). rajagriha was initially known as 'girivrijja' and later came to be known as so during the reign of ajatashatru. magadha expanded to include most of bihar and bengal with the conquest of vajji confederation and anga, respectively. the kingdom of magadha eventually came to encompass bihar, jharkhand, orissa, west bengal, eastern uttar pradesh, and the areas that are today the nations of bangladesh and nepal.
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