Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.285
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.285
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Before Bimbisāra's time the monarchy had been replaced by republics² and the chief metropolis had sunk to the level of a "little wattel and daub town," a "branch township" surrounded by jungles.³ It was then styled Kusinārā.