Magadha
Magadha ranks 4,372nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Uzhhorod, Olovo, and Pazin. Memorable people born in Magadha include Ajatashatru, Mahākāśyapa, and Shantideva. Memorable people who died in Magadha include Maudgalyayana. Magadha has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many religious figures. Magadha is located in India.
Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, 'Great Kingdoms' of the Second Urbanization, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India. Magadha was ruled by the Brihadratha dynasty, the Haryanka dynasty, the Shaishunaga dynasty, the Nanda dynasty, the Mauryan dynasty, the Shunga dynasty and the Kanva dynasty. It lost much of it territories after being defeated by the Satavahanas of Deccan in 28 BC and was reduced to a small principality around Pataliputra. Under the Mauryas, Magadha became a pan-Indian empire, covering large swaths of the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 550 BC and 685, Magadha was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Ajatashatru, Mahākāśyapa, and Shantideva. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Magadha including Maudgalyayana.
People Born in Magadha
Go to all Rankings
Ajatashatru
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 1
Mahākāśyapa
550 BC - 549 BC
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2
Shantideva
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Magadha
Go to all Rankings
Most individuals born in present day Magadha were politicians (1), religious figures (1), and philosophers (1), while most who died were religious figures (1).
