Articles on Ancient Ganga Rashtra
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-rastra
By Nandu Lal Dey · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928
Focusing on the history and geography of the region known as Rāḍhā or Ganga‑rāṣṭra, this article pieces together literary, epigraphic and linguistic evidence to clarify its location. Ancient texts like the Mahābhārata and Matsya Purāṇa mention a country…
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-rashtra
By Nandu Lal Dey · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-rashtra refers to a historical region in eastern India, identified with the modern districts of Manbhum and Singbhum in present-day Jharkhand. The area was significant in Jainism as the site of Mahavira’s conquest of passions and…
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-Rashtra
By Nandu Lal Dey · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
The term "Radha" derives from the Pali/Sanskrit *Ragha* or *Ragira*, a corruption of *Raghra*, originally denoting a country on the western Ganges. Historical sources like the *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* (1st century CE) and accounts by Megasthenes (4th…