Polity Anga Kingdom

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Is described in the Mahabharata as a kingdom in the eastern parts of India.

Establishment

  • January 1099 BC: Anga is described in the Mahabharata as a kingdom in the eastern parts of India.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 599 BC: Expansion of the Magadha Kingdom until 600 BC.
  • January 543 BC: The Haryanka dynasty, believed to be the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, succeeded the mythological Barhadratha dynasty in -544.

Disestablishment

  • January 499 BC: The Anga Kingdom was disestablished in c. 500 BC.

Selected Sources

  • Schwartzberg,J. E. (1992): A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Minneapolis (USA), Plate III.B.4b (p.18) and Plate XIV.1a-c (p.145).