Varanasi through time

Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE

Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation

Capital of Kashi, near the Ganga, bound by the Varuna and Asi rivers, hence the name

Theme 5 · 6th century BCE to 321 BCE

Persian and Greek invasions, and the rise of Magadha

Capital of Kashi, won by Ajatashatru from Kosala