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historical state, India
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Uttar Pradesh
- InUttar Pradesh: The Buddhist-Hindu period
…7th centurybce, when 16mahajanapadas (great states) in northern India were contending for supremacy. Of those, seven fell entirely within the present-day boundaries of Uttar Pradesh. From the 5th centurybce to the 6th centuryce, the region was mostly under the control of powers centred outside the modern…
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