Upinder Singh writes:
The emergence of the state in India dates to the Harappan civilization (ca. 2600-1900 BCE), but since the Harappan script has not yet been deciphered, details of political organization are not known. A framework of the dynastic history of north India emerges from the sixth/fifth century BCE, and this was swiftly followed by sophisti…
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