The Earliest States
The subpart of The Earliest States generally consists of The Sixteen Mahajanpadas and First amongst the Sixteen as mentioned below.
The Sixteen Mahajanapadas
- Mahajanapadas were the early states those were consisted of cities and were progressive.
- They started to use iron and coinage systems.
- There were so many Buddhist and Jain texts that mentioned the Mahajanapadas.
- Mahajanapadas played an important role in the development of Buddhism and Jainism.
- The name of the 16 Mahajanapadas were: Anga, kashi, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Asvaka, Avanti, Gandhra, kamboja, kosala, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, vatsa, kuru, and Magadha.
Kings, Farmers and Towns Early States and Economies| Class 12 History Notes
Class 12 History Chapter 2 talks about the Kings, Farmers, Towns, Early States, and Economies between C.600 BCE to 600 CE. The chapter covers the different aspects of the political and economic history of the Maurya Empire and Gupta Empire with different historical evidence. It also talks about Mahajanapadas, James Princep & Piyadassi as well as clarifies why the Sixteen century was a major turning point for early Indian History.
In this article, we are going to discuss the Class 12 History Chapter 2: Kings, Farmers and Towns, and, Early States and Economies in detail.
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