southwesternIndia. Cera was one of the three major kingdoms of southern India thatconstitutedTamilkam (territory of the Tamils) and was centred on theMalabar Coastand its hinterland. The other twodynastieswere thePandyas, based at present-dayMadurai, south-centralTamil Nadustate, and theCholas, ...
However, by the time of 500 BC or 400 BC, during the period of Gautama Buddha, these sixteen monarchies were combined to make four big kingdoms of Avanti, Magadha, Kosala and Vatsa. This period of Mahajanapadas was featured with languages like Prakrit, which was the spoken language of nort...
In ancient India from the 6th century BCE onwards, the kingdom of Magadha (6th century BCE to 4th century BCE) made a mark for itself. Located in the eastern part of India in what is today the state of Bihar, it outshone other kingdoms and republics when it came to territorial expansi...
Nevertheless, several indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south. During the middle of the second millennium, several European countries, including the Portuguese, French, and English, who were initially interested in trade with India, took advantage...
There are literary evidences to suggest that woman power destroyed kingdoms and mighty rulers.Elango Adigal's Sillapathigaram mentions that Madurai the capital of Pandyas was burnt when Pandyan ruler Nedunchezhiyan killed a woman's husband by mistake.Veda Vyasa's Mahabharata tells the story of ...
was composed of 18 kingdoms, 11 in the north and seven in the south, some governed by Arsacid princes and others by local dynasties. In 58 Hyrcania became independent. In the realm of external affairs, an effort was made to maintain good relations with Rome, especially because of the new...
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Browse through the coins of Ancient India issued by different rulers. These Indian old coins tell stories of Janapadas and ancient kingdoms. It can be classified broadly as coins issued by janapadas, Indian empires, medieval kingdoms, ancient invaders, a
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