Who Ruled India first?

Mauryan empire
Mauryan empire
The Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna). Outside this imperial center, the empire's geographical extent was dependent on the loyalty of military commanders who controlled the armed cities sprinkling it.
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, in ancient India, a state centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. It lasted from about 321 to 185 bce and was the first empire to encompass most of the Indian subcontinent.
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Who Ruled India first time?

The Maurya Empire (320-185 B.C.E.) was the first major historical Indian empire, and definitely the largest one created by an Indian dynasty. The empire arose as a consequence of state consolidation in northern India, which led to one state, Magadha, in today's Bihar, dominating the Ganges plain.
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Who Ruled India most?

The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) unified most of the Indian subcontinent into one state, and was the largest empire ever to exist on the Indian subcontinent.
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Who ruled India before British?

The Mughal Empire

The Mughals ruled over a population in India that was two-thirds Hindu, and the earlier spiritual teachings of the Vedic tradition remained influential in Indian values and philosophy. The early Mughal empire was a tolerant place.
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Who founded India?

Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.
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How old is India?

India: 2500 BC. Vietnam: 4000 Years Old.
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Who is first king of world?

Meet the world's first emperor. King Sargon of Akkad—who legend says was destined to rule—established the world's first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
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Who is best King of India?

The 10 most famous Indian Kings and Emperors give us a glimpse into India's vibrant history.
  • Emperor Akbar. Emperor Akbar- Wikimedia Commons. ...
  • Chandragupta Maurya. ...
  • Emperor Ashoka. ...
  • Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. ...
  • Emperor Krishnadevaraya. ...
  • King Prithviraj Chauhan. ...
  • Emperor Shah Jahan. ...
  • King Shivaji.
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Who was the best king?

1. Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
  • Pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt (1479-1425 BC)
  • Ashoka The Great (304-232 BC)
  • King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547)
  • King Tamerlane (1336-1405)
  • Attila the Hun (406-453)
  • King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715)
  • Alexander The Great (356-323 BC)
  • Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
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Who is the last ruler of India?

Wajid Ali Shah was written out of the history books after his kingdom was annexed in 1856. Some even thought he had been killed during the mutiny the following year. But he lived on in Calcutta where he spent the last thirty years of his life trying to recreate his lost paradise.
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Who was the most evil king?

King John I may forever be known as a Bad King following that seminal history textbook 1066 and All That, but according to history authors, it is Henry VIII who should bear the title of the worst monarch in history.
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Who is the brave king in India?

5. Chandragupta Maurya. The founder of the Maurya Empire had to withstand the pressure of giving up his kingdom by the Greeks and he successfully did so with his war tactics.
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Who is the queen of world?

Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history.
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Who is the most famous Indian?

1. Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of India as he led the nationalist movement against the British rule in India. He championed non- violent protest in pursuit of political and social progress and had achievements to this end.
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Who is Mumbai King?

King Bhimdev founded his kingdom in the region in the late 13th century and established his capital in Mahikawati (present day Mahim). He belonged to either the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri in Maharashtra or the Anahilavada dynasty of Gujarat.
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Who was the most handsome king in India?

CHENNAI: They say that Shah Jahan was the most handsome of all the Mughal emperors. Portraits of him show an aristocratic nose, a high forehead and eyes far less Mongol than that of his father. He was an accomplished rider and a swordsman.
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Who was the first empire?

Akkadia was the world's first empire. It was established in Mesopotamia around 4,300 years ago after its ruler, Sargon of Akkad, united a series of independent city states. Akkadian influence spanned along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from what is now southern Iraq, through to Syria and Turkey.
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Which language is king of world?

English as the King and Queen of Languages.
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Who was the biggest ruler in the world?

Here are history's greatest rulers:
  • Caesar. ...
  • Alexander the Great. ...
  • Joseph II. ...
  • Genghis Khan. ...
  • Queen Elizabeth I. ...
  • Charlemagne. ...
  • Napoleon. ...
  • Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and led the country through its greatest internal struggle, the Civil War.
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Who was born first in India?

But in Hindu Mythology and as per the Matsya Purana sage Manu was the first person created by God on earth. So according to hindu mythology, Manu was not only the first person born in India but in the whole world as well. Then the God created his wife Ananti and the whole human race originated from them.
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Who started Hinduism?

Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.
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Who ruled before Mughals?

Meanwhile, the Deccan was under the Rashtrakuta dynasty. The Ghaznavid Empire gradually moved in and conquered India and later the Delhi Sultanate, a Delhi-based Muslim kingdom that stretched over large parts of India from 1206–1526, the fall of which eventually led to the Mughal rule in the country.
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Who was the craziest king?

Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (604-562 B.C.)

The granddaddy of all mad kings is King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian ruler whose first-person account of a seven-year descent into animal-like insanity is one of the most fascinating sections of the Old Testament book of Daniel.
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