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Buddhism and Jainism
The new religions and ideas of the sixth century BCE that questioned ritual and the caste order — above all Buddhism and Jainism.
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The new religions and ideas of the sixth century BCE that questioned ritual and the caste order — above all Buddhism and Jainism.
How early historic India grew from village societies into great kingdoms and empires, above all the Mauryas under Ashoka.
The rise of the first large states around the sixth century BCE, with the first coins, taxes, forts and standing armies.