Question

Name the Mahajanapadas.

Answer 1

1. The sixth century BCE witnessed the establishment of kingdoms, Oligarchies, Chiefdoms as well as the emergence of towns.
2. Sixteen kingdoms or Oligarchic republics are listed in Buddhist texts.
3. Linguistic and cultural commonality prevailed in the Janapadas, whereas in the Mahajanapadas different social and cultural groups lived.
4. Northern India extended from the Kabul Valley in the north and the Godavari in the South. It witnessed the rise of sixteen states known as Mahajanapadas or sixteen great states.
5. They were Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kura, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kamboja.