Mahajanpadas ( ANGA & MAGADHA)

3.Anga :- It lay to the east of its neighbour and river,Magadha and was seperated from it by the river Champ. The capital of Anga was located on the bank of this  river and was also named Champa( Near modern Bhagalpur). It was prominent for its wealth and commerce Anga was annexed by Magadha in the 6th century BCE.The earliest mention occurs in the Atharaveda.Puranic text place the janapadas of the Anga,kalinga,vangas,pundras,vidarbhas & vindhya vasis in the Purva -dakshina divison.Puranas  also  list several early kings of Anga . The mahagovinda suttra refers to King Dhatarathha of  Angas. Jain text refers to Dhadhivahana , as a ruler of the Angas.According to Mahabharata, Duryodhana had named KARNA  the king of anga.A great struggle went on between the angas and its eastern neighbour tHE VIDHURA PANDITA JATAKA describes Rajagriha (the magadhan capital) as the city of Anga and Mahabharat also refers to a sacifice performed by the king of Anga atGaya This indicates that anga had inittially succeded in annexing the Magadhas thus extented to matsya kingdom.                                                                                                                      4. MAGADHA   :- kikata was an ancient kindom mentioned in vedas.It is believed that they were the forefathers of Magadhas .According to  puranic literature kikata is placed near Gaya with its capital (Rajgir).The existence of Magadha is recorded in Vedic text earlier in time than 600BCE the earliest reference to Magadha peopleoccurs in the Arthaveda, where they are found list along with the Angas,Gandharis & Mujavats.The core kingdom was the area of bihar south of the  Ganges ,Rajgriha was initially known as so during the reign of Ajatsatru . It was expended to the most of bihar and bengal with conquest of Vajjii confederation and Anga, its extent was upto Bihar,Jharkhand,Orissa,West Bengal, Eastern UTAR PRADESH and some areas of today the nation of Bangladesh &Nepal .In  both Buddhist &Jain text it mentions the Magadha kingdom ,from the sources it appears that Magadha was ruled by Haryanka dynasty for 200 years ,c(543-413) BCE .Gautama Buddha , the founder of buddhism , lived much of his life in the kingdom of Madagha and attained enlightment in Bodh Gaya, gave his first sermon in Sarnath and the first  buddha council was held in rajgriha . Brihadratha was the first ruler of Magadha . King Bimbisar conquest the kingdom of ANGA  which is now in bengal.King Bimbisar was killed by his son Ajatsatru. He send his minister to undermine the unity  of licchavis,Ajatsatru built a fort at the town of patliputra.It took fifteen years for Ajatsatru to defeat licchavi After the death of Ajatstru it become the capital HARYANKA DYNASTY was overthrown by SHISUNGA DYNASTY tthe  shisunga last ruler Mahanandin ,was assignated by Mahapadma nanda in 345 BCE.