Question

Why is the period of 400 BC known as the second urbanisation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

During the time between 800 and 200 BCE the Srama? a movement formed, from which originated Jainism and Buddhism. In the same period the first Upanishads were written. After 500 BCE, the so-called “Second urbanisation” started, with new urban settlements arising at the Ganges plain, especially the Central Ganges plain.