Rise of the Magadha Kingdom

Name: Rise of the Magadha Kingdom
Start: -650
End: -550

Type Event Region India Time c. -650–-550

Around 600 BCE, Magadha rapidly expanded in the competition among northern Indian states, becoming the direct predecessor of the Maurya Empire, the f…

Timeline

c. -650–-600Magadha · BiharMagadha controlled the fertile lands of the lower Ganges and the iron mines of Bihar, developing infantry and war elephant corps; its economic strength ranked first among the states, providing a material basis for external expansion.
c. -600–-550Northern India · IndiaBimbisara and his successors successively conquered states such as Anga; Magadha became the strongest of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, and Rajgir became an important center of Buddhist and Jain activity.

Sources

Political History of Ancient India — Hemchandra Raychaudhuri (1923)
The Wonder That Was India — A. L. Basham (1954)