Shishunaga, the Glossary
Shishunaga (IAST: Śiśunāga, or Shusunaga) (– 395 BCE) was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: Avanti (region), Avanti-Magadhan War, Haryanka dynasty, India, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Kalashoka, Kolkata, Kosala, Licchavis of Vaishali, Magadha, Motilal Banarsidass, Nāgadāsaka, Pearson Education, Penguin Books, Pradyota dynasty, Puranas, Rajgir, Shaishunaga dynasty, Ujjain, University of Calcutta, Vaishali (ancient city), Varanasi, Vatsa.
- 4th-century BC Indian monarchs
- Kings of Magadha
Avanti (region)
Avanti, was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Janapada), roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region.
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Avanti-Magadhan War
The Avanti-Magadhan war was fought between the Haryanka Dynasty of Magadha and Avanti for domination over much of North India.
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Haryanka dynasty
The Haryanka dynasty was the first ruling dynasty of Magadha, an empire of ancient India.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.
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Kalashoka
Kalashoka or Kakavarna was the son and successor of Shishunaga. Shishunaga and Kalashoka are 4th-century BC Indian monarchs, Indian history stubs, Indian royalty stubs and kings of Magadha.
Kolkata
Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kosala
Kosala, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India.
Licchavis of Vaishali
The Licchavis of Vaishali (Māgadhī Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯𑀺; Pāli:; Sanskrit: ऋक्षवी Ṛkṣavī; English: "Bear Clan") were an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe and dynasty of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested from the Iron Age to the Classical Age.
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Magadha
Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen lit during the Second Urbanization period, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India.
Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.
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Nāgadāsaka
Nāgadāsaka was the last ruler of Haryanka dynasty from 437 to 413 BCE and son of Munda. Shishunaga and Nāgadāsaka are Indian royalty stubs and kings of Magadha.
Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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Pradyota dynasty
Pradyota dynasty, also called Prthivim Bhoksyanti (lit. enjoying the earth), was an ancient dynasty of Avanti, founded by Pradyota, after his father Punika, a minister in the court of the king of Ujjaini, the northern part of the former Avanti kingdom, and placed his own son on the throne.
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Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Rajgir
Rajgir, old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings," is an ancient city in the district of Nalanda in Bihar, India.
Shaishunaga dynasty
The Shishunaga dynasty (IAST: Śaiśunāga, literally "of Shishunaga") was the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, an empire in ancient India.
See Shishunaga and Shaishunaga dynasty
Ujjain
Ujjain (Hindustani pronunciation: ʊd͡ːʒɛːn, old name Avantika) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Vaishali (ancient city)
Vaishali, Vesali or Vaiśālī was a city in present-day Bihar, India, and is now an archaeological site.
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Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Vatsa
Vatsa or Vamsa (Pali and Ardhamagadhi:, literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.
See also
4th-century BC Indian monarchs
- Abisares
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Dhana Nanda
- Ilamchetchenni
- Kalashoka
- King Sumitra
- Kṣemaka
- Mahanandin
- Mahapadma Nanda
- Porus
- Porus the Younger
- Shishunaga
- Taxiles
Kings of Magadha
- Ajatashatru
- Bimbisara
- Kalashoka
- List of monarchs of Magadha
- Mahanandin
- Nāgadāsaka
- Ripunjaya
- Shishunaga
- Udayin
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishunaga
Also known as Shaishunaga, Shishusangh, Shisunaga, Sishunaga, Sisunaga, Sisunaka.