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Magadha

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Ancient kingdom, India, situated in present-day Bihar and Jharkhand states, northeastern India. An important kingdom in the 7th century , it absorbed the kingdom of Anga in the 6th century . Pataliputra (Patna) was its capital. Its strength grew under the Nanda dynasty; under the Mauryan dynasty (4th–2nd centuries ), it comprised nearly the entire Indian subcontinent. It afterwards declined. Revived in the 4th century under the Gupta dynasty, it was conquered by the Muslims in the late 12th century. It was the scene of many events in the life of the Buddha.


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