Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
51	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	unknown	None
52	(Andronovo)	Full Year Range of Andronovo is assumed. [-1800, -1200]	unknown	None
53	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	unknown	None
54	(Republic of Venice IV)	Full Year Range of Republic of Venice IV is assumed. [1564, 1797]	present	None
55	(Monte Alban V Late Postclassic)	Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Late Postclassic is assumed. [1101, 1520]	absent	Sources do not suggest there is evidence for a postal system during this period. [Flannery_Marcus 1996]
56	(Post-Mauryan Kingdoms)	Full Year Range of Post-Mauryan Kingdoms is assumed. [-205, -101]	unknown	None
57	(Kannauj - Varman Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kannauj - Varman Dynasty is assumed. [650, 780]	unknown	None
58	(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed. [730, 1030]	unknown	None
59	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	unknown	None
60	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	absent	EMPTY_COMMENT

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