Editorial atlas · Mahajanapadas
Sixteen large polities compete as cities, coinage and new philosophies flourish.
The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (c. 500 BCE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 326 BCE.
In 326 BCE, the main political power in this atlas is the Magadha.
Macedonian forces crossed the Indus and fought King Porus near the Hydaspes before turning back at the Hyphasis. The expedition disturbed northwestern politics but did not amount to a conquest of the subcontinent.
Greek accounts illuminate the campaign but describe India from an outsider’s perspective. The withdrawal created opportunities in the northwest that later intersected with Chandragupta Maurya’s rise.
326 ईसा पूर्व का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा महाजनपद काल के समय का भारत दिखाता है। सोलह बड़े राज्य और गणराज्य; नगर, सिक्के और नए दर्शन फलते-फूलते हैं।
326 BC mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Magadha. Ye Mahajanapada Kaal ka daur tha.