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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.
Shikarpur Taluq, inscription 225 . Mentioned about Nandas, Mauryan and Guptas 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]]
[[File:South India 500 to 200 BCE.jpg|thumb|South India , Kuntala present in Western coastal region]]
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The [[Amaravati|Amaravathi]] hoard of [[Punch-marked coins|Punch marked coins]] have revealed imperial standard coins dating back to the Nandas besides other dynasties of Magadha, including the Mauryas; but it is not certain when this region was annexed by the Magadhan rulers.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bernholz|first1=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFglBAAAQBAJ&q=andhra+punched+mark+pre+mauryan+coin&pg=PA61|title=Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation: A Historical Analysis|last2=Vaubel|first2=Roland|date=2014-06-26|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-06109-2|language=en|pages=61–62}}</ref>
The [[Amaravati|Amaravathi]] hoard of [[Punch-marked coins|Punch marked coins]] have revealed imperial standard coins dating back to the Nandas besides other dynasties of Magadha, including the Mauryas; but it is not certain when this region was annexed by the Magadhan rulers.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bernholz|first1=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFglBAAAQBAJ&q=andhra+punched+mark+pre+mauryan+coin&pg=PA61|title=Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation: A Historical Analysis|last2=Vaubel|first2=Roland|date=2014-06-26|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-06109-2|language=en|pages=61–62}}</ref>
Some [[Kuntala country]] (North Mysore) inscriptions suggest that the Nandas also ruled it, which included a part of present-day [[Karnataka]] in southern India. However, these inscriptions are relatively late (c. 1200 CE), and therefore, cannot be considered as reliable in this context. The Magadha empire included parts of southern India during the reign of the Mauryas – the successors of the Nandas – but there is no satisfactory account of how they came to control this area.{{sfn|H. C. Raychaudhuri|1988|p=20}} For example, an inscription discovered at Bandanikke states:
{{cquote|the [[Kuntala country]] (which included the north-western parts of Mysore and the southern parts of the Bombay Presidency) was ruled by the nava-Nanda, [[Gupta Empire|Gupta-kula]], [[Maurya Empire|Mauryya kings]] ; then the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rattas]] ruled it : after whom were the [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukyas]]; then the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuryya family]]; and after them the ([[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala]]) Ballalas.|Bandanikke inscription<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107941/page/n17/mode/1up/search/nava-nanda|title=Annual Report Of Mysore 1886 To 1903|page=1}}</ref>}}


== Military strength ==
== Military strength ==
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