Kingdoms, Kings and Early Republics

In this sacrifice a horse was let loose to wander freely and it was guarded by the king's men.

• Ashvamedha
• Ashvattama

He sat on a special seat or even a tiger skin. he was the

• priest
• raja

The ordinary people who brought gifts were the 

• shudra
• vish or vaishya

Hastinapur near Meerut was an important

• village
• janapada

identify this piece of pottery

• painted gray ware
• painted black ware

Most mahajanapadas were fortified. this means that the cities had

• walls around them
• the cities were like forts

Identify this .

• wooden ploughshare
• wooden catapault

Bimbisara and Ajatasattu were powerful

• rulers of Magadh.
• weapons used in Magadh.

He was the ruler of Macedonia and he conquered large parts of Egypt and West Asia.

• Alexander
• Ashoka

This was a form of government where people were not ruled by a single ruler but by many.

• mahajanapada
• gana or a sangha