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Barudih, located in the Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, yielded evidence of microliths, Neolithic celts, iron slags, wheel made pottery, and iron objects (including a sickle). The earliest radio carbon dating give a range of 1401–837 BCE for this site. Magadha and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period
Pottery of the Northern Black Polished Ware culture ( c. 500 –200 BCE) The term "Janapada" literally means the foothold of a people. The fact that Janapada is derived from Jana points to an early stage of land-taking by the Jana people for a settled way of life. This process of settlement on land had completed its final stage prior to the ...
Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, 'Great Kingdoms' of the Second Urbanization, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India. Magadha was ruled by the Brihadratha dynasty (1700-682 BCE), the Pradyota dynasty (682-544 BCE), the ...
The Janapadas ( lit.'Foothold of the people') ( pronounced [dʑɐnɐpɐdɐ]) (c. 1500–600 BCE) were the realms, republics (ganapada) and kingdoms (sāmarājya) of the Vedic period in the Indian subcontinent. The Vedic period reaches from the late Bronze Age into the Iron Age: from about 1500 BCE to the 6th century BCE.
Anga. Aṅga. Unknown (~1100 BCE)–c. 530 BCE. Aṅga and other kingdoms of the late Vedic period. Aṅga and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period. Aṅga is the easternmost, south of Vajji and east of Magadha. Capital. Champapuri (near modern Bhagalpur) and Malini (near modern Munger ), Bihar. Religion.
Kosala, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala ( lit. 'Northern Kosala') was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India. [2] [3] It emerged as a small state during the Late Vedic period [4] [5] and became (along with Magadha) one of the earliest states to transition from a lineage-based society to a monarchy. [6]
Sadan refers to Indo-Aryan speaking ethnic groups of Jharkhand who speak Nagpuri, Khortha, and Panchpargania. In the Nagpuri language, Sadan refers to settled people or those people who live in houses. [5] Sadan are those who have settled in the region. According to Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari, the original form of these languages must have ...
Panchala ( IAST: Pañcāla) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain. During Late Vedic times (c. 1100–500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of ancient India, closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom. [1]