Magadha

māɡadha English thumb|Mahajanapadas of ancient India. Etymology From en sa मगध. Proper noun One of the sixteen Mahajanapadas of ancient India. en 11 January 2016 N. Dalziel; J. M. MacKenzie Susmita Basu Majumdar Magadha, Kingdom of The Encyclopedia of Empire https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 w:Wiley Among the 16 mahajanapadas the monarchical states of Kosala, Vatsa, Avanti, and Magadha, along with the non‐monarchical mahajanapada of the Vrijis or Vajjis, attained political prominence by eclipsing other contemporary powers. However, it was the mahajanapada of Magadha which ultimately rose to prominence. https://web.archive.org/web/20190820062934/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 20 August 2019 Translations Burmese: my မဂဓ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 摩揭陀 Lithuanian: lt Magadha f, lt Magada f Magahi: mag मगह Marathi: mr मगध n Russian: ru Мага́дха f Sanskrit: sa मगध m Sinhalese: si මගධ Swedish: sv Magadha en History of India Former polities