[permalink] [id link]
Licchavi was an ancient republic which existed in what is now Bihar state of India, since before the birth of Mahavira ( b. 599 BC ), Vaishali was the capital of the Licchavis and the Vajjian Confederacy.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Licchavi and was
Licchavi ( also Lichchhavi, Lichavi ) was an ancient kingdom in Nepal, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley from approximately 400 to 750.
The language of Licchavi inscriptions is Sanskrit, and the particular script used is closely related to official Gupta scripts, suggesting that India was a significant cultural influence.
The Licchavi were ruled by a Maharaja (" great king "), who was aided by a prime minister, in charge of the military and of other ministers.
The following list was adapted from The Licchavi Kings, by Tamot & Alsop, and is approximate only, especially with respect to dates.
She was also known as " Besa ", and was a princess of the Licchavi kingdom of Nepal.
According to a very old Kirat chronicle, Patan was founded by Kirat rulers long before the Licchavi rulers came into the political scene in Kathmandu Valley.
King Amshuverma Thakura was the Licchavi king of Nepal in the sixth century AD ( 605-629 AD ) of the Thakuri dynasty.
Sometime later, but still within the Zhenguan period ( 627-650 CE ), the Tibetans sent an envoy to present day Nepal, where the king received him " joyfully ", and, later, when a Tibetan mission was attacked in present-day India by then minister of emperor Harshavardhan who had usurped the throne after emperor Harshavardhan's death around 647 AD, the Licchavi king came to their aid.
It is said that upon the expansion of the Mauryan dynasty into the Terai plains in Nepal, Buddhism was adopted by the ancestors of the Tharu and flourished until the resurgent Licchavi repelled its adherents in AD 200.
Even before the advent of Buddhism and Jainism, Vaishali was the capital of the vibrant republican Licchavi state since before the birth of Mahavira ( c. 599 BC ), which suggests that it was perhaps the first republic in the world, similar to those later found in ancient Greece.
This language was the official language of Nepal from Licchavi era to Malla era of Nepal.
The mother of Mahavira was a Licchavi princess.
Chetaka, called King Chetaka or President Chetaka was the representative of the Licchavi clan who ruled as a Republican President in Vaishali ( India ) reputed to have organised the Vajjian confederation of republics comprising the 9 Mallakis, 18 Gana Rajas of Kashi / Kosala and 9 Licchavi Republics.
Licchavi and ancient
The Swayambhu Purana, the ancient Buddhist Purana text, and a Licchavi inscription all mentioned Nepal Mandala.
Many ancient sites in the Kathmandu Valley were identified with major Buddhist Caityas, such as Swayambhunath, Boudnanath Stupa, Kathmandu and the four " Ashoka " stupas of Patan, and another two hundred stone caityas dating from the Licchavi Period, were testified to the widespread antiquity of caitya worship.
Licchavi and republic
Accounts differ slightly as to the cause of King Ajatashatru's war with the Licchavi republic, an area north of the river Ganges.
Centuries earlier, at the start of the Buddhist era a powerful republic known as Licchavi existed in what is today Bihar.
Licchavi and which
* In a Licchavi period inscription ( found on archeological stoneworks, which list mostly the dates and commissioners of these constructions, also communicate royal edicts, religious mantras or historical notes ) mention the Kirata, that through the corroboration of local myths and the Vamsavalis, identify a people prior to the Licchavi dynasty.
Licchavi and existed
The words are names of places, taxes and merchandise indicating that it already existed as a spoken language during the Licchavi period ( approximately 400-750 AD ).
Nepal Bhasa already existed as a spoken language during the Licchavi period.
One of the first known republics in the world, Licchavi, existed in the region since before the birth of Mahavira ( c. 599 BC ).
Licchavi and is
Chandragupta I's coins also depict the then queen of India, Kumaradevi, a Licchavi princess, whose name is also written on the same coin.
Licchavi and Bihar
Magadha expanded to include most of Bihar and Bengal with the conquest of Licchavi and Anga respectively, followed by much of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Orissa.
Licchavi and India
The Licchavi Dynasty whose earliest inscriptions date back to 464 CE were the next rulers of the valley and had close ties with the Gupta Dynasty of India.
Licchavi and .
The documented history of Nepal begins with the Changu Narayan temple inscription of King Manadeva I ( c. 464 – 505 AD ) of the Licchavi dynasty.
* Amshuvarma becomes king of Licchavi.
Ajatashatru went to war with the Licchavi several times.
The term ' Licchavi ' term probably derives from Rikshavi possibly Sanskritized to Rkshvavati.
A table of the evolution of certain Gupta characters used in Licchavi inscriptions prepared by Gautamavajra Vajrācārya can be found online.
In the Buddhist Pali canon, the Licchavi are mentioned in a number of discourses, most notably the Licchavi Sutta, the popular Ratana Sutta and the fourth chapter of the Petavatthu.
It mentions three preceding rulers, suggesting that the Licchavi dynasty began in the late fourth century.
Settlements already filled the entire valley during the Licchavi period.
No complete, reliable chronology of Licchavi rulers yet exists.
" A Kushan-period Sculpture, The Licchavi Kings ", Asianart. com
* Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra, " Recently Discovered Inscriptions of Licchavi, Nepal ", Kailash-Journal of Himalayan Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, 1973.
Licchavi and ),
The ( Jiu ) Tangshu, or Book of Tang, records that when the king of 泥婆羅 Nipoluo Nepal, the father of Licchavi king Naling Deva ( or Narendradeva ), died, an uncle ( Yu. sna kug. ti = Vishnagupta ) usurped the throne.
The Jiu Tangshu records that when the king of 泥婆羅, Nipoluo (" Nepal "), the father of Licchavi king Naling Deva ( or Narendradeva ), died, an uncle, Yu. sna kug. ti, Vishnagupta ) usurped the throne.
First mentioned in the Manusmriti as Khasha ( along with the Licchavi ), and later in some Puranas ( Bhagavata, Vishnu, Skanda ), the Khasa are described together with Kiratas, Chinas, Hunas, Abhiras, Yavanas and Pulindas.
was and ancient
The gravel was the bed of an ancient river, buckled in some prehistoric upheaval of earth.
As a boy in a local school he was shy and solitary, absorbed in his fondness for nature and his visions of Sweden's ancient glory.
The obvious natural fact to ancient thinkers was the diurnal rotation of the heavens.
Only what else was she singing but the old Song of Songs, that most ancient of tunes that nature plays with such unfailing response upon young nerves??
Even D. A. Wasson, who compared The Emancipation Of Massachusetts to the lifting of a fog from ancient landscapes, was also forced to admit the methodological deficiencies of the author.
One part of her audience was totally engaged, the connoisseur witnessing a peculiarly fine performance of some ancient classic, the other part, the guest of the connoisseur, attentive as one who must take an intelligent interest in that which he does not fully understand.
The John Harvey arrived in Bari, a port on the Adriatic, on November 28th, making for Porto Nuovo, which, as the name indicates, was the ancient city's new and modern harbor.
Some time later the missing part of the relic was found and the complete inscription, together with other new evidence, fully corroborated the ancient priest's information.
Dr. Hilprecht was uncertain as to the language used by the ancient priest in his dream.
That the dream was a reality on the infinite progressions of universal, gradient frequencies, across which the modern professor and the priest of ancient Nippur met??
The site of the oblong piazza is Domitian's ancient stadium, which was probably used for horse and chariot races.
An ancient Rolls-Royce, as shiningly impressive as the day it came off the ship, was parked at the curb.
Nellie Harris wasn't old, she was ancient -- a tiny shriveled woman with a face like a tan prune.
The new `` Phedre '' was done in 17th century setting, instead of ancient Greek ; ;
A tribe in ancient India believed the earth was a huge tea tray resting on the backs of three giant elephants, which in turn stood on the shell of a great tortoise.
She had come to make her peace with the past, and of that past this ancient of the earth was only a kind of shadow.
They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered -- much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history.
With the loss of the study of ancient Greek in the early medieval Latin West, Aristotle was practically unknown there from c. AD 600 to c. 1100 except through the Latin translation of the Organon made by Boethius.
The normal method of calculation in ancient Rome, as in Greece, was by moving counters on a smooth table.
The ancient history of Asia Minor is very important for the history of the Western civilization because it was the region where the mythic way of thought changed gradually to the rational way of thought.
The term allocutio was used by the ancient Romans for the speech made by a commander to his troops, either before a battle or during it, to animate and encourage them.
In ancient times, the sea was the birthplace of two ancient civilizations – the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenean Civilization of the Peloponnese.
In ancient times, navigation through the sea was easier than travelling across the rough terrain of the Greek mainland ( and to some extent the coastal areas of Anatolia ).
Byzantine control was challenged by Arab raids starting in the 7th century ( see Byzantine – Arab Wars ), but in the 9th and 10th century a resurgent Byzantine Empire regained its lost territories and even expanded beyond its traditional borders, into Armenia and Syria ( ancient Aram ).
0.227 seconds.