Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

Talking about postal sytems, 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
71	(Ayyubid Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Ayyubid Sultanate is assumed. [1171, 1250]	unknown	None
72	(Kannauj - Varman Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kannauj - Varman Dynasty is assumed. [650, 780]	unknown	None
73	(Satavahana Empire)	Full Year Range of Satavahana Empire is assumed. [-100, 200]	unknown	None
74	(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed. [730, 1030]	unknown	None
75	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	unknown	None
76	(Gahadavala Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gahadavala Dynasty is assumed. [1085, 1193]	unknown	None
77	(Hawaii I)	Full Year Range of Hawaii I is assumed. [1000, 1200]	unknown	None
78	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
79	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	unknown	None
80	(Malacca Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Malacca Sultanate is assumed. [1396, 1511]	unknown	None

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