UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2018 · Q2(c) · 15 marks
Give an account of gana-sanghas (non-monarchical state systems)? Why did they decline?
- Chapter
- Period of Mahajanapadas
- Topic
- Gana-Sanghas (Republics)
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