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The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.
In the history of economic thought, ancient economic thought refers to the ideas from people before the Middle Ages. Economics in the classical age is defined in the modern analysis as a factor of ethics and politics, only becoming an object of study as a separate discipline during the 18th century. [1] [2] [3] [4]
During this period, industry grew at an average rate of 4.5 per cent a year, compared with 3 per cent for agriculture. [178] [179] Real GDP per capita grew 59 per cent during 1950–77. Prime minister Indira Gandhi proclaimed a national emergency and suspended the Constitution in 1975. About one-fifth of the national population were urban by ...
The Egyptian Papyrus of Kahun (1900 BCE) and literature of the Vedic period in India offer early records of veterinary medicine. [30] Kearns & Nash (2008) state that mention of leprosy is described in the medical treatise Sushruta Samhita (6th century BCE).
The Satavahanas participated in (and benefited from) economic expansion through intensification of agriculture, increased production of other commodities, and trade within and beyond the Indian subcontinent. [108] During the Satavahana period, several large settlements emerged in the fertile areas, especially along the major rivers.
Ancient Vedic Kingdoms (2500–600 BCE) Hindu civilisations Early Vedic period (c. 1750 – 1200 BCE) Middle Vedic period (from 1200 BCE) Late Vedic period (from 850 BCE) Classical Civilisations (600 BCE-500 CE) Second urbanisation Early empires [n] (c. 600–200 BCE) [o] Disintegration [p] and regional states (c. 200 BCE–300 CE) [q ...
500 BC Silver punch-marked coins [1] were minted as currency belonging to a period of intensive trade activity and urban development by the Mahajanapadas. [2] [3]1 AD Indian subcontinent under the Gupta Empire united much of the subcontinent, contained 33.21% of the world’s population and contributed to around 33 to 35% of World's GDP [3] and generated an estimated average of $450 (1990 ...
The Janapada were highest political unit in Northern India during this period; these polities were usually monarchical (though some followed a form of republicanism) and succession was hereditary. The head of a kingdom was a king . A chief priest and a commander of the army who would assist the king.