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Message:: [QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 8316036, member: 91240"]Who writes these rules? As [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER] points out, Janapadas were states, not coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Per Wikipedia (I know, not the best source, but reliable enough for this): "The Sanskrit term janapada is a compound term, composed of two words: janas and pada. Jana means "people" or "subject" (cf. Latin cognate genus, English cognate kin). The word pada means "foot" (cf. Latin cognate pedis); from its earliest attestation, the word has had a double meaning of "realm, territory" and "subject population" (cf. Hittite pedan, "place")." As far as I know, the nearest Mauryan mint to modern Afghanistan was hypothetically in Taxila, which is in modern Pakistan. Anyway, in my experience in academia dealing with the types of folks who support these rules, they tend to be overly idealistic, or just feel compelled to toe the line. There is little room for nuance.[/QUOTE]