Rising of urbanism in India after the Indus Valley Civilisation
7th Century BC Indian subcontinent (Present-Day India)
These Mahajanapadas evolved and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara in the northwest to Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent and included parts of the trans-Vindhyan region.
This period saw the second major rise of urbanism in India after the Indus Valley Civilisation.