1 History & Culture · 1.1.4 Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha

1.1.4.4 Second urbanisation: cities, punch-marked coins and guilds

From about 600 BCE cities grew again in the Gangetic plain, supported by iron, surplus rice, trade, the first coins and organised guilds of craftsmen and merchants.

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Key terms

  • second urbanisation
  • punch-marked coins
  • NBPW
  • karshapana
  • shreni
  • shreshthi
  • gahapati
  • Jataka
  • trade routes
  • Uttarapatha

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