Kuru Kingdom

Kuru Kingdom
Kuru Kingdom
c. 1200 BCE – c. 500 BCE
Capital	Āsandīvat (modern Assandh),; Hastinapura; Indraprastha (modern Delhi);
Common languages	Vedic Sanskrit
Religion	Historical Vedic religion;
Government	Elective monarchy
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
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Bharatas (tribe)
	Puru (Vedic tribe)
Mahajanapadas
Gaṇasaṅgha
Yaudheyas
Today part of	India

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]

^ Misra 1973, p. 12.
^ Pletcher 2010, p. 63.
^ Witzel 1995, p. 6.
^ Witzel 1995.
^ B. Kölver, ed. (1997). Recht, Staat und Verwaltung im klassischen Indien [Law, State and Administration in Classical India] (in German). München: R. Oldenbourg. pp. 27–52.
^ Samuel 2010.