Of Licchavi, and with this marriage he gained a hold over the flow of northern Around the year 308 he married a princess from the neighboring kingdom Of six centuries before) controlled rich veins of iron from the nearby Barabara Region, and India was entering what would be called its classical age.Ī Magadha raja named Chandra Gupta (unrelated to the Chandragupta
By the early 300s CE, power in India was returning to the Magadha But this came to an endĪs Andhra and two other southern kingdoms weakened themselves by warring againstĮach other. The Sunga dynasty in Magadha, and Andhra extended its power in the Ganges Valley,Ĭreating a new bridge between the north and the south. The southern kingdom of Andhra conquered Magadha in 27 BCE, ending Manners and language of the Indians and intermarrying with Indian royal families. The Kushan invaders were absorbed by India, Kushan kings adopting the
Trade continued, with moreīeing sold to the Roman Empire than was being imported.
BCE to CE 300, was not dark regarding trade.
