Textbook
Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8)
The simplest possible start: short, illustrated and the base of countless exam questions.
Yaudheya Republic
Gana-sangha (republic)
Level 3
c. 200 BCE – c. 350 CE
Warrior republic of Haryana known from its coins.
- Capital
- Rohitaka
- Region
- North
- Duration
- 549 years
- Main period
- Post-Mauryan Powers
Approximate extent.
📚 Recommended reading on the Yaudheya Republic
Textbook
Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12)
Source-based chapters on Harappa, Vijayanagara, the Mughal court and 1857 — essential for UPSC.
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An Introduction to Indian Art, Part I (Class 11)
The standard base for art and architecture questions — stupas, temples and sculpture.
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India's Ancient Past
The expanded version of the classic old-NCERT ancient India text; clear and exam-friendly.
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📄 Research papers
Paper🏛 Library access
🇮🇳 Indian scholarship
The Image of the Barbarian in Early India
How early Indian texts described outsiders — the mleccha — and what that reveals about society.
Paper🏛 Library access
🇮🇳 Indian scholarship
Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200)
Buddhist, Jaina, Brahmanical and local cults side by side at Mathura, from sculpture and inscriptions.
Paper🏛 Library access
🇮🇳 Indian scholarship
The Yavana Presence in Ancient India
Greeks and other westerners ('Yavanas') in ancient India: traders, donors and settlers.
🕸 Connections 14 links
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Post-Mauryan PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 5
- Anuradhapura Kingdom 437 BCE – 1017Existed at the same time (550 years)
- Satavahana Empire 200 BCE – 225 CEExisted at the same time (425 years)
- Kushan Empire 30 CE – 375 CEExisted at the same time (320 years)
- Gupta Empire 240 CE – 550 CEExisted at the same time (110 years)
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (75 years)
🔧 Technology 2
- Wootz steel Ancient and medieval periodsMade or discovered in this time
- Zero: the Bakhshali manuscript as early as the 3rd or 4th century CEMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- The Image of the Barbarian in Early India Romila Thapar · 1971Research on this topic
- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200) Upinder Singh · 2004Research on this topic
- The Yavana Presence in Ancient India Himanshu Prabha Ray · 1988Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading
Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Yaudheya Republic for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Anuradhapura Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 437 BCE – c. 1017
Overlap: 550 years
Satavahana Empire ★
Deccan · c. 200 BCE – c. 225 CE
Overlap: 425 years
Kushan Empire ★
Northwest · c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE
Overlap: 320 years
Gupta Empire ★
Gangetic Plain · c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE
Overlap: 110 years
Pallava Dynasty ★
South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE
Overlap: 75 years
Early Pandyas (Sangam era)
South · c. 400 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 500 years
Early Cholas (Sangam era)
South · c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 500 years
Early Cheras (Sangam era)
South · c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE
Overlap: 500 years
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Northwest · c. 256–125 BCE
Overlap: 75 years
Mahameghavahana (Chedi) of Kalinga
East · c. 200 BCE – c. 50 CE
Overlap: 250 years
Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Northwest · c. 200 BCE – c. 10 CE
Overlap: 210 years
Shunga Dynasty
Gangetic Plain · c. 185–73 BCE
Overlap: 112 years
Indo-Scythian (Saka) Kingdoms
Northwest · c. 110 BCE – c. 80 CE
Overlap: 190 years
Kanva Dynasty
East · c. 73–28 BCE
Overlap: 45 years
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Northwest · c. 19 CE – c. 100 CE
Overlap: 81 years
Western Kshatrapas
West · c. 35 CE – c. 415 CE
Overlap: 315 years
Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri
Deccan · c. 225 CE – c. 340 CE
Overlap: 115 years
Kalabhra Interregnum
South · c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE
Overlap: 100 years
Vakataka Dynasty
Deccan · c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE
Overlap: 100 years