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What is meant by 'Second Urbanisation of India'?

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The 'Second Urbanisation of India' refers to the emergence of new cities and states in the Ganga plains and other parts of the Indian Subcontinent during the 1st millennium BCE.

This phase followed a long gap after the decline of the Harappan civilisation (the First Urbanisation).

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Explanation

The chapter explains that after the disintegration of the Harappan civilisation (First Urbanisation), urban life remained absent for a millennium. The Second Urbanisation began in the 1st millennium BCE in the Ganga plains, marked by the rise of janapadas and mahājanapadas.

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  1. The Second Urbanisation marks the emergence of new cities and states in the Ganga plains

  2. This development occurred during the 1st millennium BCE

  3. It followed a long gap after the decline of the Harappan civilisation (First Urbanisation)

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