Tulsi Prajna 1992 04

SR No.: 524570
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 130
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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age of 12, he might have ruled for a decade before Alexander's invasion. Thus the entire span of his reign could not have passed beyond 28 years. Though that does not scem much different from what the Ceylone tradition says about the Nanda dynasty, it does not stand the text of Indian tradition.
The Nandas ruled for 22 years according to thc Ceylonese tradition. The minimum span in the Jain tradition is 95 years, while it is 100 years in the Purāņas. Even according to R.M. Smith, the dynasty ruled for 108 years (Mahāpadma for 88, Sahalya for 8 and Nandendu for 12 years):16 The reign of the dynasty, however, cannot be less than 136 years. Coronation of Mahapadma took place 1500 years after the birth of Pariksita and the latter was coronated at the age of 36, which marked the commencement of ihe Kali age, When the original 1200 years of the Kali as well as the 400 years of the Sandhyā' of the Krta expired and signs of better times were not seen, the Kali was decala red to have got extended. That happened 1636 years after the birth of Paríkşita. The Purāņas, however, declare that the Kali got extended after the Nanda dynasty (ततः नन्दात्प्रभत्येष offaf affacufa). Thus the Nanda dynasty began 1500 years after the birth of Parikşita and ended 1636 years after the same, So the reign of the Nanda dynasty covered a period of 136 years(1636-1500=136). 17 How can the brief rule of Xandrames be identified with the long 136 years of the Nanda rule ?
GANGARIDAE : Its Location
As Xandrames cannot be identified with a Nanda ruler, his successors identification with Chandragupta Maurya loscs ground. Still we discuss it further to dispel and doubts that remain. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee deemed it enough to identify GANGARIDAE with the RĀDHA region of West Bengal and PALIBOTHRA with PATALIPUTRA. Hemachandra RayChaudhury in his "STUDIES IN INDIAN ANTIQUITIES' concluded that the vast territory lying on the east bank of the Gangā-Bhagirathi was called GANGARIDAE or GANGĀRĀSTRA while PRASIOI, PRACHYA KASTRA in Sanskrit covered the entire Gangā valley from the Ganga-Bhāgirathi and included TÄMRALIPTA. GANGE, famous centre of overseas trade in the GANGARIDAE mentioned by the PERIPLUS and PTOLEMY lay at the mouth of the KAMBERIKHON (the river Kumār in Bangladesh. Nihar Ranjan Ray supports him and their views have gained wide currency and recognition. While not deviating from this tradition in general, some scholars in Bengal have opined otherwise on certain point. Thus, it is said PRASIAQI is