Udaya (English spelling)

Japanese: Udāya(英語表記)Udaya
Udaya (English spelling)

…It is located near Patna, the capital of Bihar, on the south bank of the Ganges. During the Buddha era (6th-5th century BCE), King Ajatashatru of Magadha built a fort here, and his successor Udayin moved the capital from Rajagriha. Since then, it flourished as a fortified city in eastern India and as a political and cultural center during the Nanda, Maurya, and Gupta periods.

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Japanese:

…現在のビハール州の州都パトナーの付近で,ガンガー(ガンジス)川南岸に位置する。釈迦時代(前6~前5世紀)にマガダ国のアジャータシャトル(阿闍世)王がここに城塞を築き,さらに彼の後を継いだウダーインUdāyin(ウダーヤUdāya)がラージャグリハ(王舎城)から遷都した。それ以後,ナンダ朝,マウリヤ朝,グプタ朝にいたるまで東インドの城塞都市として,また政治・文化の中心地として栄えた。…

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