Ujjayini through time

Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE

Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation

A capital of Avanti, with Mahishmati; on the western trade routes

Theme 5 · 6th century BCE to 321 BCE

Persian and Greek invasions, and the rise of Magadha

Capital of Avanti, whose power Shishunaga destroyed, ending a century old rivalry

Theme 7 · 324 or 321 to 187 BCE

Mauryan empire

Centre of the western province; Ashoka served here as governor; a centre of textile manufacture