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Uncommon card · History
Nanda Empire, an Uncommon card
The Nanda Empire was a vast empire that governed in Magadha and Gangetic plains with an enormous geographical reach in 4th-century BCE northeastern India, with some accounts suggesting existence as far back as the 5th century BCE.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Nanda Empire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nanda Empire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Nandas built on the ______ of their Haryanka and Shaishunaga predecessors and installed a more centralised administration.
Answer
successes. The Nandas built on the successes of their Haryanka and Shaishunaga predecessors and installed a more centralised administration. From the Nanda Empire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of the Roman Empire. History of the Roman Empire 88 · George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 83 · Jocelyn Bell Burnell 79 · Nanda Empire 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Nandas built on the successes of their Haryanka and Shaishunaga predecessors and installed a more centralised administration.
- Ancient sources credit them with amassing great wealth, which was probably the result of the introduction of a new currency and taxation system.
- Ancient texts also suggest that the Nandas were unpopular among their subjects because of their low-status birth, excessive taxation, and general misconduct.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nanda Empire article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Nanda Empire
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nanda Empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Avantiputra7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
