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Kaushambi through time

Uttar Pradesh

Also known as: Kosam

  1. Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE

    Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation

    Capital of Vatsa, known for fine cotton textiles and active in trade

  2. Theme 7 · 324 or 321 to 187 BCE

    Mauryan empire

    Where the Allahabad pillar first stood, at Kosambi, before it was moved to Allahabad