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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:dynasty
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gptkbp:advisorToLastRuler
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gptkb:Chanakya
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Pataliputra
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gptkbp:contemporaryOf
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gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:India
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gptkbp:currency
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punch-marked coins
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:Shudra
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Mahapadma_Nanda
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gptkbp:historicalSource
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gptkb:Puranas
gptkb:Jain_texts
Buddhist scripture
Greek historians
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Nanda Dynasty
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gptkbp:knownFor
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large army
enormous wealth
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Prakrit
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gptkbp:lastRuler
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gptkb:Dhana_Nanda
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gptkbp:mentionedIn
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gptkb:Puranas
gptkb:Jain_texts
Buddhist scripture
Greek accounts
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gptkbp:militaryBranch
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2,000 war chariots
20,000 cavalry
200,000 infantry
3,000 war elephants
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Expansion of Magadha
End of Shishunaga Dynasty
Rise of Chandragupta Maurya
Start of Maurya Empire
Unification of Magadha
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gptkbp:notableFor
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Centralized administration
Accumulated great wealth
Faced invasion threat from Alexander the Great
First empire builders of India
Known for oppressive taxation
Patronized Jainism and Buddhism
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gptkbp:notableRuler
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gptkb:Mahapadma_Nanda
gptkb:Dhana_Nanda
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gptkbp:overthrownBy
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gptkb:Chandragupta_Maurya
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gptkbp:period
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c. 5th century BCE – c. 4th century BCE
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Shishunaga Dynasty
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Magadha
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Jainism
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gptkbp:ruled
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gptkb:Pataliputra
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Maurya_Dynasty
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Rise_of_Mauryan_Empire
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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