Editing Magadha (section)

==Geography==
The territory of the Magadha kingdom proper before its expansion was bounded to the north, west, and east respectively by the [[Ganges|Gaṅgā]], [[Son River|Son]], and [[Chandan River|Campā]] rivers, and the eastern spurs of the [[Vindhya Range|Vindhya mountains]] formed its southern border. The territory of the initial Magadha kingdom thus corresponded to the modern-day [[Patna district|Patna]] and [[Gaya district|Gaya]] districts of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Hemchandra |author-link=Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri |date=1953 |title=Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of Gupta Dynasty |pages=110–118 |publisher=[[University of Calcutta]] }}</ref>

The region of [[Greater Magadha]] also included neighbouring regions in the eastern Gangetic plains and had a distinct culture and belief.