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Unit of Settlement: The Janapadas

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Unit of Settlement

The Janapadas

  • Various kinds of changes were taking place in society and economy in the Gangetic regions, 500 BCE onwards.
  • Contemporary texts mention various kinds of units of settlement which emerged in this time. They were referred to as Mahajanpada, Janapada, Nagara, Nigama, Grama etc.
  • Janapada, literally means “the place where the people place their feet.”
  • In the Vedic society it is referred to members of a clan. In the early Vedic society, the members of Jana were pastoral groups roaming in search of pastures. However, in the later Vedic phase the members of Jana took up agriculture and began to settle down. These agricultural settlements were called Janapadas.
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The Ganas or Sanghas

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The Ganas or Sanghas

  • Two of the mahajanpadas, the Vajji and Malla, were sanghas. Buddhist texts mention others as well — the Sakyas of Kapilavastu, Koliyas of Devadaha and Ramagrama, Bulis of Alakappa, Kalamas of Kesaputta, Moriyas of Pipphalivana, and Bhaggas (Bhargas) with their capital on Sumsumara hill as Sanghas.
  • The most of the ganas, especially the politically important ones, were located in or near the Himalayam foothills in eastern India, while the major…

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