Mahajanapada period

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historical period period of ancient Indian history

The Mahajanapada period was an era in ancient Indian history marked by the rise of powerful territorial states and the early development of urbanization, trade, and political institutions.

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Label Occurrences
Mahajanapadas 2
Mahajanapada period canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
period of ancient Indian history ⓘ
associatedWithReligion early Buddhism ⓘ
early Jainism ⓘ
late Vedic Brahmanism ⓘ
associatedWithTextualSource Buddhist Pali Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain texts ⓘ
Mahabharata tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
endTime circa 4th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Maurya period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Vedic period ⓘ
hasCharacteristic development of political institutions ⓘ
early urbanization ⓘ
emergence of cities ⓘ
expansion of agriculture ⓘ
growth of trade ⓘ
intensification of long-distance trade ⓘ
monetary economy with punch-marked coins ⓘ
religious and philosophical ferment ⓘ
rise of republican and monarchical states ⓘ
rise of territorial states ⓘ
social stratification ⓘ
use of iron tools and weapons ⓘ
includes Anga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avanti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chedi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamboja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kosala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matsya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panchala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surasena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vajji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vatsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Ganga valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
numberOfMahajanapadas 16 ⓘ
partOf Iron Age in India ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchies ⓘ
oligarchic republics ⓘ
precededBy Late Vedic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance crucial for the emergence of classical Indian civilization ⓘ
laid foundations for the Mauryan Empire ⓘ
marked transition from tribal to territorial polities ⓘ
startTime circa 6th century BCE ⓘ
urbanCenters Kosambi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajagriha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sravasti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taxila NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ujjayini NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ancient India → hasPart → Mahajanapada period ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Magadha → partOf → Mahajanapada period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahajanapadas
Surasena kingdom → partOf → Mahajanapada period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahajanapadas