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Magadha
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Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom, or mahajanapada, situated in the eastern Gangetic Plain. Its heartland was roughly equivalent to the modern-day Bihar region of India, with its capital successively located at Rajagriha and later Pataliputra. The geography of Magadha, characterized by fertile alluvial soil and accessible riverine trade routes along the Ganges River, provided a robust foundation for its sustained political and economic dominance over much of Northern India for nearly a millennium [1].
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