Mahajanapada Period

Second urbanization led to the emergence of sixteen Mahajanapadas from Janapadas during ancient India in the period of 500 to 600 BC in the Indian subcontinent.

  • This was the time when agricultural improvement saw a hike in the middle of Gangetic plains.
  • Cultivation methods like wet rice cultivation started to give more products than any other crop during the time and therefore gave birth to more necessary agriculture surplus.
  • The growth of crafts and trades in the middle of the drawing population in the Indian subcontinent was one of the major reasons for the emergence of towns and ....
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