History of India: ancient and medieval / Mahajanapadas, Magadha and the Mauryas
Second urbanisation, coins and towns
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Northern Black Polished Ware towns of the middle Ganga plain: Rajagriha, Shravasti, Kaushambi, Champa
- Punch-marked silver coins (kahapana) and the earliest coin references in Pali texts (nikkha, kamsa, kakanika)
- Setthis, gahapatis, trade routes and the transition to a money economy
- Bali and bhaga as regular taxes, standing armies and the emergence of state structure
Where to study
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, pp. 1-25 (printed 28-52)
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 6. Towns and Trade, pp. 15-16 (printed 42-43)
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 6. Towns and Trade (coins), pp. 17-18 (printed 44-45)
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 5. A Changing Countryside (Gahapati); 6. Towns and Trade, pp. 12-17 (printed 39-44)
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 17
- ch. 15
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, pp. 46-61 (printed 42-57)
- Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Sources (Northern Black Polished Ware, fortified towns), p. 47 (printed 43)
- Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Summary (punch-marked coins), p. 58 (printed 54)
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, Urbanisation in Sixth Century BCE, pp. 76-77 (printed 72-73)
- Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, 3.2 Janapadas to Mahajanapadas (bali and bhaga), pp. 49-50 (printed 45-46)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 8 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
- ch. 8 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns, Coins, p. 6 (printed 84)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 5 Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic
- ch. 5 Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic, Taxes; Changes in agriculture, pp. 6-7 (printed 51-52)