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The Nanda capital was located at [[Pataliputra]] (near present-day [[Patna]]) in the [[Magadha]] region of eastern India. This is confirmed by the Buddhist and Jain traditions, as well as the Sanskrit play ''[[Mudrarakshasa]]''. The Puranas also connect the Nandas to the [[Shaishunaga dynasty]], which ruled in the Magadha region. The Greek accounts state that Agrammes (identified as a Nanda king) was the ruler of the [[Gangaridai]] (the [[Ganges River|Ganges]] valley) and the Prasii (probably a transcription of the Sanskrit word ''prachya''s, literally "easterners"). According to the later writer [[Megasthenes]] (c. 300 BCE), Pataliputra (Greek: Palibothra) was located in the country of the Prasii, which further confirms that Pataliputra was the Nanda capital.{{sfn|Irfan Habib|Vivekanand Jha|2004|p=13}} | The Nanda capital was located at [[Pataliputra]] (near present-day [[Patna]]) in the [[Magadha]] region of eastern India. This is confirmed by the Buddhist and Jain traditions, as well as the Sanskrit play ''[[Mudrarakshasa]]''. The Puranas also connect the Nandas to the [[Shaishunaga dynasty]], which ruled in the Magadha region. The Greek accounts state that Agrammes (identified as a Nanda king) was the ruler of the [[Gangaridai]] (the [[Ganges River|Ganges]] valley) and the Prasii (probably a transcription of the Sanskrit word ''prachya''s, literally "easterners"). According to the later writer [[Megasthenes]] (c. 300 BCE), Pataliputra (Greek: Palibothra) was located in the country of the Prasii, which further confirms that Pataliputra was the Nanda capital.{{sfn|Irfan Habib|Vivekanand Jha|2004|p=13}} | ||
Shikarpur Taluq, inscription 225 . Mentioned about Mauryan ruling in the region of [[Kuntala country|Kuntala]] .The Kuntala country is an ancient Indian political region included the western Deccan and some parts of central,south Karnataka and north Mysore. | |||
[[File:South India 500 to 200 BCE.jpg|thumb|South India , Kuntala present in Western coastal region]] | |||
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Kuntala-kshôpiyam pesarvett â-nava-Nanda-Gupta-kula-Mauryya-kshmâpar aldar llasaj-jasad [https://archive.org/details/epigraphia_carnatica_vol7_myso/page/n327/mode/1up] | |||
Translation : The Kuntala country, which is like curls (kuntaja) to the lady Earth, was-ruled by the renowned nine Nandas, the Gupta and Mauryan kings. | |||
[https://archive.org/details/epigraphia_carnatica_vol7_myso/page/n587/mode/1up] | |||
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The Nanda empire appears to have stretched from present-day [[Punjab]] in the west to [[Odisha]] in the east.{{sfn|Johannes Bronkhorst|2011|p=12}} An analysis of various historical sources – including the ancient Greek accounts, the [[Puranas]], and the [[Hathigumpha inscription]] – suggests that the Nandas controlled eastern India, the [[Ganges River|Ganges]] valley, and at least a part of [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]].{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|pp=17–20}} It is also highly probable that they controlled the [[Avanti (India)|Avanti]] region in Central India, which made it possible for their successor [[Chandragupta Maurya]] to conquer present-day [[Gujarat]] western India.{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|pp=19–20}} According to the Jain tradition, the Nanda minister subjugated the entire country up to the coastal areas.{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|p=17}} | The Nanda empire appears to have stretched from present-day [[Punjab]] in the west to [[Odisha]] in the east.{{sfn|Johannes Bronkhorst|2011|p=12}} An analysis of various historical sources – including the ancient Greek accounts, the [[Puranas]], and the [[Hathigumpha inscription]] – suggests that the Nandas controlled eastern India, the [[Ganges River|Ganges]] valley, and at least a part of [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]].{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|pp=17–20}} It is also highly probable that they controlled the [[Avanti (India)|Avanti]] region in Central India, which made it possible for their successor [[Chandragupta Maurya]] to conquer present-day [[Gujarat]] western India.{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|pp=19–20}} According to the Jain tradition, the Nanda minister subjugated the entire country up to the coastal areas.{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|p=17}} | ||