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Pre Maurya, Maurya and Post Maurya Flashcards

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What are the 16 Mahajanapadas?

A

Asmaka
Avanti
Anga
Magadha
Vrijji/Vajji
Malla
Kashi
Koshala
Vatsa
Chedi
Sursena
Kuru
Matsya
Panchala
Gandara
Kamboja

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Buddhist and Jain literature that lists the 16 mahajanapadas

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Buddhist: Anguttara Nikaya, Mahavastu
Jain: Bhagavati Sutta

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3
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Which were the pre-Mauryan dynasty?

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Haryanka
Shishunaga
Nanda

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Founder of Haryanka dynasty

He was a contemporary of _________

What was part of his expansionist policy?

Capital

A

Bimbisara (Shronika)
Buddha

marriage with Princesses of other Kingdoms- Koshala, Lichchhaavi, Madra

Rajagriha

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Bimbisara gained part of ____________ as dowry in his marriage with sister of king ____________ of _________

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kashi
Prasenjit of Koshala

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First Indian king to have a regular and standing army

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Bimbisara

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7
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Bimbisara was succeeded by ____________

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Ajatashatru (kunika)
killed his father and seized the throne

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Ajatashatru followed an aggressive policy by annexing

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Kashi from his maternal uncle Prasenjit and Vajji (capital vaishali)

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9
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Ajatashatru was succeeded by ___________

He shifted the capital from ___________to ___________

A

Udayin

Rajgriha to Pataliputra

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Last ruler of Haryanka dynasty?

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Nag-Dasak
replaced by people who elected Shishunaga as their king
he was the minister earlier

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Most significant achievement of Shisunaga

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destruction of Pradyota dynasty of Avanti

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Shishunaga was succeeded by

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Kalashoka (kakavarna)

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13
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Shisunaga dynasty was overthrown by

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Mahapadma and established Nanda dynasty

aka Sarvakshatrantak- uprooter of kshatriyas (puranas)
Ekrati- sole monarch (purana)
Ugrasena- owner of huge army (pali texts)

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First empire builder of Indian history

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Mahapadma, nanda dynasty founder

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Last king of Nanda dynasty

A

Dhanananda - Agrames/Xandrames of Greek texts

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16
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During whose rule did invasion of alexander take place

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Dhanananda

17
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Foreign invasions during the rise of Magadha

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  1. Darius’s (Darayabahu) invasion - 518 BC
    Achaemenian rulers of Iran
    annexed Punja, West of indus and Sind
    introduced Kharosthi script
  2. Alexander’s invasion (Macedonian) - 326 BC
    4th century BC
    Porus (Puru) resisted Alexander
    He was defested in Battle of Vitasta (Jhelum)
18
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Pottery during mauran period

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Northern Black polished ware Pottery

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