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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.85

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.85

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c9.s4.85

The *Brāhmaṇas* and the *Upanishads* throw some light on the political condition of Northern India during the age of the great Janaka. From those works we learn that besides Videha, there were nine states of considerable importance, *viz.*: