- Rajgir, old name
Rajagriha,
meaning "The City of Kings," is an
ancient city and
university town in the
district of
Nalanda in Bihar, India. It was the...
- Puranas, he
placed his son at
Varanasi and
himself ruled from
Girivraja (
Rajagriha). He was
succeeded by his son
Kalashoka (Kakavarna).
According to the...
- 7th
century Chinese monk Xuanzang,
Bimbisara built the city of
Rajgir (
Rajagriha). He was
succeeded on the
throne by his son Ajatashatru.
Bimbisara was...
-
century BCE to
first half of 4th
century BCE). Initially, the
capital was
Rajagriha. Later, it was
shifted to Pataliputra, near present-day
Patna in India...
-
visiting the
Buddha (represented as
empty throne) at the
Bamboo garden in
Rajagriha The
great departure with
riderless horse, Amaravati, 2nd
century CE. The...
- of the Ganges; its
first capital was
Rajagriha (modern day Rajgir), then
Pataliputra (modern Patna).
Rajagriha was
initially known as 'Girivrijja' and...
-
confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges. He
shifted his
capital from
Rajagriha to
Pataliputra due to the latter's
central location in the empire. According...
-
kingdom was the area of
Bihar south of the Ganges; its
first capital was
Rajagriha (modern Rajgir) then
Pataliputra (modern Patna).
Magadha expanded to include...
-
Ashokavadana story,
Ashoka was born as Jaya in a
prominent family of
Rajagriha. When he was a
little boy, he gave the
Gautama Buddha dirt
imagining it...
- world's
first residential university", it was
located near the city of
Rajagriha (now Rajgir),
roughly 90
kilometres (56 mi)
southeast of
Pataliputra (now...
