Home Region:  Southern India (South Asia)

Post-Mauryan Kingdoms

205 BCE 101 BCE
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EQ 2020  in_post_mauryan_k / InDecKg
Preceding Entity: Add one more here.
1200 BCE 300 BCE Deccan - Iron Age (in_deccan_ia)    [None]

Succeeding Entity:
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  General Description  
Here we look at Southern India in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, that is, between the collapse of the Mauryan Empire and the rise of the Satavahana Dynasty. Unfortunately, this appears to be a very poorly understood period in this region.
Population and political organization
No population estimates could be found in the literature. Information relating to political organization within our region of interest--roughly corresponding to the Bellary district in the modern-day Indian state of Karnataka--is also lacking, though sources suggest the existence of monarchies and an accompanying bureaucratic apparatus (scribes and mints, for example) in neighbouring regions. [1]

[1]: (Shimada 2012, 118-119) Shimada, Akira. 2012. Early Buddhist Architecture in Context: The Great Stupa at Amaravati (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE). Leiden: Brill. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/AVB94HR2.

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.
Instability Events Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k) was in:
 (205 BCE 101 BCE) Deccan
Home NGA: Deccan
General Variables
Identity and Location Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Utm Zone 43 P 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Original Name Post-Mauryan Kingdoms 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Duration [205 BCE ➜ 101 BCE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Succeeding Entity Satavahana Empire 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Preceding Entity
1200 BCE 300 BCE
Deccan - Iron Age (in_deccan_ia)   [None] 
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Degree of Centralization 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Language Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Linguistic Family NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Religion Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Hierarchical Complexity Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Settlement Hierarchy 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Religious Level 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Administrative Level 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Professions Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Professional Priesthood 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Specialized Government Building 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Full Time Bureaucrat 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Law Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Professional Lawyer 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Irrigation System 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Special-purpose Sites Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Information / Writing System Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Written Record 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Script 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Lists Tables and Classification 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Information / Money Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Indigenous Coin 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Information / Postal System Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Postal Station 205 BCE  101 BCE
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General Postal Service 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Courier 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Information / Measurement System Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Wooden Palisade 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Modern Fortification Absent 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Moat 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Fortified Camp Unknown Suspected 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Earth Rampart 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Ditch Unknown Suspected 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Complex Fortification 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Military use of Metals Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Steel 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Iron 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Copper 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Bronze 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Projectiles Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Tension Siege Engine 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Sling Siege Engine 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Sling 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Self Bow 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Javelin 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Handheld Firearm Absent 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery Absent 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Crossbow 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Composite Bow 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Atlatl 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Handheld weapons Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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War Club 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Sword 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Spear 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Polearm 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Dagger 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Battle Axe 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Horse 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Elephant 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Donkey 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Dog Unknown Suspected 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Camel 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Armor Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Wood Bark Etc 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Shield 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Scaled Armor 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Plate Armor 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Limb Protection 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Leather Cloth 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Laminar Armor 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Helmet 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Chainmail 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Breastplate 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Naval technology Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Specialized Military Vessel 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc Unknown Suspected 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service Unknown Suspected 205 BCE  101 BCE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Human Sacrifice Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (in_post_mauryan_k)
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Crisis Cases
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Instability Data
Power Transitions
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