NCERT History Class 6 – Notes of Chapter 5: Early Republic

Janapadas

• The kings that perform big ritual incidentals.

• The word janapada accurately means the land where the Jana [people] set its foot, and recognized down.

• At Purana Qila in Delhi, Hastinapur near Meerut, and Atranjikhera, near Etah (the last two are in Uttar Pradesh), Archaeological site of Janapadas, settlements, were create.

• The people referred huts, and kept cattle to lives other animals also referred it.

• They also grew variety of crops such as rice, wheat, barley, pulses, sugarcane, sesame and mustard.

• At Painted Grey Ware of humble lines and regular patterns sites special type of pottery found.

Mahajanapadas

• Some Janapadas became more important than others Mahajanapadas before 2500 years ago.

• Many of these were encouraged most had a capital city

• The new kings began maintaining army’s and solders also get salaries.

• New styles of farming were seen in this time and here more grain could be produce with made of wood plough.

• Second, people instigated transplanting paddy.

• During this people started instead of scattering seed on the ground, saplings were grown and then planted in the fields.

Magadha

• Ganga and Son revers are nearer to it so that water requirements for both drinking and farming were easily feed.

• Min Magadha Iron ore mines are used to make strong tools and weapon.

• The two powerful rulers Bimbisara and Ajatasatru are used all means to conquer other janapadas.

• Mahapadma Nanda increases his impair to the north-west part of subcontinent.

• Magadha’s capital was replaced from Rajagriha (present Rajgir) to Pataliputra (present Patna)

• Alexander of Macedonia reached to the banks of river Beas in Magadha, but his soldiers rejected to fight because of the fear of Magadha’s elephant and chariot armies.

Vajji

• It was having separated government from Mahajanapadas which was known gana or Sangha and its capital was Vaishali (Bihar).

• This institute had many leaders (more than1000) not one and they were known as Raja.

• These rajas completed traditions together and they also used to arrange meetings for upcoming course of action if wanted.

• Any women including dasas and kammakaras were not participating in these assemblies.

• Both the Buddha and Mahavira belonged to ganas.

• Vajji has ruled for more than 1500 years many powerful Rajas had tried to overcome sanghas than Gupta era overcome empire when last Sangha ruler was defeated.