Janapadas

• means “land where the jana set its foot”

Major Janapadas¶

• Purana Qila in Delhi
• Hastinapura in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
• Atranjikhera near Etah (Uttar Pradesh)

Life in Janapadas¶

• People lived in huts (no pakka houses with bricks anymore)
• Farmed and kept cattle
  • Rice, wheat, barley, sugarcane, sesame, mustard
• Painted Gray Ware was found
  • This is a special kind of pots with painted designs of simple lines and geometric patterns