Chakravarti (Sanskrit cakravartin), literally meaning "turner of the wheel" is a term used for a successful conqueror or imperial ruler of all or most of the subcontinent of India, both in legend and in history. The name has also come to be used as a common surname. The word "Chakravarti" used for an Indian emperor is related to Dharmacakra (wheel of religion or wheel of law), appearing in the religions of Buddhism and Hinduism and regarded as a symbol of imperial rule. A depiction of this wheel is today seen on the flag of India. The Sanskrit language ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. ... The Dharmacakra (Sanskrit) or Dhammacakka (Pāli), Tibetan , Chinese fălún 法轮, Wheel of Dharma is an auspicious Buddhist symbol representing a Buddhas teaching of the path to enlightenment. ...

Bharat Rajah

Bharatvarsha.

Bharat was the son of the Puru Dynasty. India (Bhārat, Skt:भारत) is named after him. He was able to conquer the whole subcontinent. There are some disputes over whether Bharat conquered India or certain parts of India. Some believe that he even conquered regions outside of the Subcontinent such as Afghanistan (then referred to as Gandhara) and Tibet (then referred to as Bhuta.) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1152x1032, 81 KB)This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1152x1032, 81 KB)This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Map of Epic India. ... The Purus are a people of Ancient India. ... A subcontinent is a large part of a continent. ... Gandhāra (also Ghandara, Ghandahra, Chandahara, and Persian Gandara) is the name of an ancient Mahajanapada in eastern Afghanistan and the north-western province of Pakistan. ...

Samrath Bindusara

Bindusara was the son of the Magadhan Empire of Chandragupta Maurya, who dreamt of united Bharat. He was the first king since Bharat to unify India. Bindusara was the second Mauryan emperor (297 - c. ... Magadha was one of the four main kingdoms of India at the time of Buddha, having risen to power during the reigns of Bimbisara (c. ... This article deals with the fourth century BC founder of the Maurya dynasty. ... Chandragupta Maurya (ruled 322–298 BC), known to the Greeks as Sandracottus, was the first emperor of the Mauryan empire. ...

Samrath Asoka

The Maurya Empire at its largest extent.

Asoka was the son of the of Bindusara and with his peaceful ideas, conquered the whole of India. He himself was a devout Buddhist converted by the Brahmin Radhasvami. He was respectful of Hinduism even practicing Hindu beliefs (as he was born a Hindu into a Hindu family and Buddhism was not yet Nastik.) He crowned himself as Devanampiya Piyadassi, Sanskrit for "He who is the beloved of the Gods who, in turn is his loving servant." Image File history File links Mauryan_map. ... Image File history File links Mauryan_map. ... This article is about Ashoka, the emperor. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...

Pushyamitra Sunga

Pushyamitra Sunga was the Hindu soldier in the Mauryan army. Revolting against the oppression of Hindus by the later Buddhist Mauryan rulers, Pushyamitra Sunga overthrew the Mauryan Dynasty and established the Sunga Dynasty. Pusyamitra Sunga (also Pushyamitra Shunga) was the founder of the Indian Sunga dynasty (185-78 BCE). ... The Sunga dynasty ruled the Sunga empire of central and eastern India from 185 BCE to around 73 BCE. The last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty was Brithadratha. ...

Akbar Rajah

Akbar of the Mughal Dynasty was admired by people of all religions. He himself born a Muslim and in his attempt to bring all peoples together he founded a new religion that emcompassed beliefs of all religions of India, which included Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity. Several officialls in the Mughal empire during his time were Hindus. Through his benovelence, the Indians enjoyed his rule. Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (Persian: جلال الدین محمد اکبر), (alternate spellings: Jellaladin, Celalettin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – October 27, 1605) was the son of Nasiruddin Humayun whom he succeeded as ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605. ...

Chhatrapati Shivaji

Extent of the Maratha Empire ca. 1760
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Shivaji Bhonsle was the son of a Maratha solder in the Mughal army. During this time, Akbar Rajah's time had passed and the Hindus were being harassed by Islamist extremists of the Mughal empire. Temples were also being destroyed, the Jaziya was enacted, and if not payable, Hindus were executed. Several Hindus did not want to remain loyal to the empire and established rebellions. Shivaji created a confederacy of Marathas originally but later his confederacy included Hindus of all languagess. His aim was to establish a Hindavi Swarajya (Indian Democracy) and so he was called Janata Rajah (People's King.) Download high resolution version (1154x1485, 222 KB)Extent of the Maratha Empire in 1760 Copyright Information: From The Public Schools Historical Atlas edited by C. Colbeck. ... Download high resolution version (1154x1485, 222 KB)Extent of the Maratha Empire in 1760 Copyright Information: From The Public Schools Historical Atlas edited by C. Colbeck. ... Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhonsle (Marathi: छत्रपती शिवाजी राजे भोसले) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674. ... In states ruled by Islamic law, jizya or jizyah (Arabic: جزْية) is a per capita tax imposed on free non-Muslim adult males who are neither old nor sick nor monks [1], known as dhimmis, in exchange for being allowed to practice their faith, subject to certain conditions, and to enjoy...

Mythological Chakravartis

There have been several stories in sacred scriptures of who ruled India. Below are the list of the icons.

Iskhvaku

Shri Ikshvaku, the son of Ila of the Suryavanshi lineage after whom India was named (Ilavarta and Eelam)[1] in Hindu mythology he is said to have conquered the world. This might have just been referring India alone as the world's ancient peoples saw the region in which their peoples live as the world itself. The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Ila can refer to: Manus son in indo-european myth. ... Suryavanshi are people belonging to the Suryavansha, or dynasty of the Sun. According to legend, the Suryavanshis are descended from Surya, the Hindu Sun God. ... Eelam is a Tamil name for Sri Lanka. ... Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ...

Adinath

Again, to the Jain community he is the 1st Tirthankar and is said to be the father of King Bharat.[2]

Shantinath

To the Jain community he is worshipped as a the 16th Tirthankar and to have ruled the whole of India. JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ... The 24 Jinas carved on a rock in Ginjee, Tamilnadu In Jainism, a Tirthankar (Fordmaker) (also Tirthankara or Jina) is a human who by adopting asceticism achieves enlightenment (perfect knowledge), thus becoming a Jina (one who has conquered his inner enemies - anger, pride, deceit, desire etc. ...

Shibi

He is famous in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. He sacrificed his flesh. There have been several dynasties which have claimed heritage from Emperor Shibi's line. The Cholas were one of the dynasties and they referred to him as Sembiyan. King Shibi Chakravati was a famous Hindu mythological king. ... The Cholas were a South Indian Tamil dynasty, antedating the early Sangam literature (c. ...

Neduncheralathan

Imayavaramban Neduncheralathan, a Sangam age king said in inscriptions to have conquered up to the Himalayas.[3] now. ...