THE RISE OF KINGDOMS AND REPUBLICS

The small tribes of the earlier period gave away to large kingdoms called Janapadas. The word ‘Janapadas’ literally means ‘the place where people put their feet’ . The period was from 600 BCE to 400 BCE

The Vedic , Buddhist an the Jainism text are the very important sources of information for this period . There were the sixteen mahajanapadas in the Ganga valley in the sixth century BCE . They were named after the ruling or the most important tribe in the area.

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