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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain

by Chirantani Das | 143,447 words

This page relates β€œRajagriha as the supreme model of seat of administrationβ€� as it appears in the case study regarding the settlements in the Early Historic Ganga Plain made by Chirantani Das. The study examines this process in relation to Rajagriha and Varanasi (important nodal centres of the respective Mahajanapadas named Magadha and Kashi).

Part 5 - ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή as the supreme model of seat of administration

Summary: ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή as the supreme model of seat of administration under twin settings.

ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ήβ€™s urbanity should be viewed from its position as a royal seat of a centralized power. Literary sources furnished the political set up of Magadha from the proto-historic period to the dawn of the early historic phase. In this journey from a mythical to historical phase ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή held the exclusive position of being the capital of Magadha. Literary sources reflect a clear two stage development of in ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή. For the proto historic period different ±Κ³ά°ωΔεαΉ‡a²υ and the ²Ρ²Ή³σΔε²ϊ³σΔε°ω²Ή³Ω²Ή portrayed ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή as under a chieftainship. For the historic period we have much more diverse type of sources that demonstrated ΈιΔεΒα²Ή²΅αΉ›h²Ή as enjoying the rank of a supreme urban centre and royal seat of an ambitious and expansive state. To catch this process our thrust is on literary records of this period, that the archaeological sources cannot properly demonstrate. We have started the survey of the political culture with the Jarāndha legend.

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