Young Brunette Girl Reveals With A White Scarf In Ruins Of An Ancient Castle

600 BC: Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge. A number of these Maha Janapadas are semi-democratic republics.
c. 600 BC: Pandyan kingdom in South India
599 BC: Mahavira, founder of Jainism is born as a prince at Kundalavana, who ruled Magadha Empire.
563 BC: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe, which ruled parts of Magadha, one of the Maha Janapadas