Kuru Kingdom
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Kuru was a Vedic Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India of the Bharatas and other Puru clans. The Kuru kingdom appeared in the Middle Vedic period[2][3] (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE), encompassing parts of the modern-day states of Haryana, Delhi, and some parts of western Uttar Pradesh. The Kuru kingdom was the first recorded state-level society in the Indian subcontinent.[4][5][6]
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Kuru Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
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c. 1200 BCE – c. 500 BCE | |||||||||||||||
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Common languages | Vedic Sanskrit | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Historical Vedic religion | ||||||||||||||
Government | Elective monarchy[1] | ||||||||||||||
Raja (King) | |||||||||||||||
• 12th–9th centuries BCE | Parikshit | ||||||||||||||
• 12th–9th centuries BCE | Janamejaya | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | Sabhā | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||||||||
• Established | c. 1200 BCE | ||||||||||||||
• Kuru Kingdom got divided into Kuru and Vatsa Kingdom | c. 700 BCE | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 500 BCE | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Karshapana | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | India |
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