Ancient India - Increasing urbanisation of India

Time: 8th Century BC

Place: Indian subcontinent (Present-Day India)

Details: The increasing urbanization of India in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE led to the rise of new ascetic or Śramaṇa movements which challenged the orthodoxy of rituals.

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