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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{between {\bf{1000 BCE}} and {\bf{600 BCE}} the vedic people spread out over most of the {\bf{indo-gangetic plain.}}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The period of vedic expansion into the indo-gangetic plain is known as {\bf{later vedic period.}}-{\emph{so, the period of vedic expansion- when people started to devlop and speard around the indo-gangetic plain, that period is known as later vedic period.}}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{the vedic people cleared the thick forests of indo-gangetic plain with the help of fire and iron tools and brought more land under cultivation.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{and by cultivation we mean growing of crops and plants.}}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{As the vedic people started leading settled lives as cultivators, their settlements became permanent. each of these settlements usally consisted of a single jana or tribe. these tribal settlements were called janapadas.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{so the vedic people started leading settled lives as cultivators which means instead of moving around as hunters and gathers they started to cultivate. and this practice become permanent. and each of these settlements consisted single jana or tribe- which means that each of these practices had a single jana ( a group of people beloging to the same history) or a tribe ( history and practices same thing as single jana). and these settlements with tribal or single jana is called janapadas.}}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The janapadas were ruled by rajans or chiefs. {\emph{these r some ruler postions}}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{According to the buddhist texts {\bf{Anuguttara Nikaya,}} and {\bf{Digha Nikaya,}} by around {\bf{600 BCE,}} there were 16 mahajanapadas, such as {\bf{magadha,}} {\bf{avanti,}} {\bf{vatsa }}and {\bf{kosala}}. over time Magadha emerged as the most powerful of all the mahajanapadas.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{*So buddhist texts or books were Anuguttara Nikaya and Digha Nikaya and there were 16 mahajanapadas but out of that most powerful was magadha} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The powerful states that emerged after defeating the smaller states or janapadas came to be known as {\bf{mahajanapadas}}.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The 16 mahajanapadas were mostly concentrated in the Gangetic plain, a majority of them were monarchies ( states ruled by kings or monarchs.) The king became more powerful in the later vedic period as compared to the early vedic period, and the kingship was now passed from father to son, that is, it became hereditary. The king was considered divine. The king imposed taxes to administer the land. The army was under his command and he was the law marker too.} \tn 
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