mahārāja (English spelling)

Japanese: mahārāja(英語表記)maharaja
mahārāja (English spelling)

…The title of the Mauryan kings, who established the first empire in India, was also raja. In subsequent periods, Greek and Central Asian kings who invaded northwestern India used titles such as maharaja (meaning "great king") and rājādhirāja (meaning "king of kings"). The kings of the Gupta dynasty used the title maharajadhirāja (meaning "king of kings"). These titles were used by subsequent Indian kings. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mahārāja" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…インドで最初に帝国を建設したマウリヤ朝の王の称号もラージャである。つづく時代に北西インドに侵入したギリシア系・中央アジア系の民族の諸王は,マハーラージャmahārāja(〈大王〉の意),ラージャーディラージャrājādhirāja(〈王中の統王〉の意)などの称号を用い,グプタ朝の王はマハーラージャーディラージャmahārājādhirāja(〈大王中の統王〉の意)という称号を用いている。これらの称号が,その後のインドの王によって用いられた。…

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