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1 The Age of Mahajanapadas

What’s Inside

• Introduction

• Political

• The Political Landscape

• Different Types of Polities

• Society

• Economy

INTRODUCTION

The later vedic period inaugurated in the Indian subcontinent; territorial kingship and the sixth century BCE witnesses the maturity of this process with rise of monarchical and oligarchical political systems in India. Twenty-two Janapadas, which had evolved through the process of territorial state formation during this period, get consolidated into 16 Mahajanapadas. The 6^th century BCE as a period also represents a resurgence in internal and external trade along with emergence of first ...