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544 BCE - 492 BCEBimbisara rules the Magadha kingdom in India.
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543 BCE - 492 BCEKing Bimbisara begins Magadha kingdom's conquests by annexing the kingdom of Anga in eastern India.
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492 BCE - 460 BCEAjatashatru rules the Magadha Kingdom in India.
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414 BCE - 396 BCEThe Magadha king Shishunaga annexes the kingdom of Avanti, ending the dynastic rule of the Pradyotas.
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413 BCE - 345 BCEThe Shishunaga Dynasty rules the Magadha Kingdom.
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413 BCE - 345 BCEThe Shishunaga Dynasty rules the Magadha Kingdom.
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c. 400 BCEFirst Buddhist Council at Rajgir, Bihar, India; teachings and monastic discipline agreed to and codified.
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c. 346 BCE - c. 324 BCEMagadha's king Mahapadma Nanda makes massive conquests in north and eastern India including Kosala.
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Sep 326 BCEAlexander the Great halts his eastward march and turns back from the banks of the river Beas, Punjab, India.
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321 BCEDhana Nanda, king of Magadha, is killed by Chandragupta Maurya.
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133 BCE - 123 BCEMagadha king Vasumitra defeats the Indo-Greeks at the banks of the Indus.
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c. 335 CE - c. 380 CERegarded as the "Indian Napoleon", the Gupta emperor Samudragupta, ruling from Magadha, subdues kings in nearly all corners of India and annexes kingdoms adjacent to Magadha.
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510 CE - 540 CEThe Huns are defeated by King Baladitya of Magadha and later by King Yashodharman of Malwa.
