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    only Mahajanapadas from Uttarapatha. The Vyākhyāprajñapti (or the Bhagavati Sutra), a sutra of Jainism, gives a different list of sixteen Mahajanapadas: Anga...
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  • chronology Puru and Yadu Dynasties Indus Valley Civilisation Janapadas & Mahajanapadas Middle kingdoms of India List of Indian monarchs List of Jain states...
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    form of government was an oligarchic republic during the period of the Mahajanapadas (c. 600–300 BCE), that was ruled by Kshatriya clans. However, these...
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    Vatsa (category Mahajanapadas)
    and Ardhamagadhi: Vaccha, literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara...
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    consolidated into 16 major oligarchies and monarchies that were known as the mahajanapadas. The emerging urbanisation gave rise to non-Vedic religious movements...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    (Sanskrit: मत्स्य) was a Vedic kingdom and later became a part of sixteen Mahajanapadas, which also appears in Hindu Epic literature. The capital of Matsya...
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  • contrast to monarchy (साम्राज्य saamarajya in Sanskrit). Among the Mahajanapadas, the sixteen great states in ancient India, two followed the gana sangha...
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    Āryāvarta – Central Āryāvarta) महाजनपद – Mahajanapada Shodasa Mahajanapadas (Sixteen Mahajanapadas) The Mahajanapadas were sixteen great kingdoms and republics...
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    the Janapadas or principalities of the Vedic period to the sixteen Mahajanapadas or region-states of the early historic period, culminating in the emergence...
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    Kambojas (category Mahajanapadas)
    janapadas grew into mahajanapadas. Gandhara and Kamboja were important mahajanapadas. Kamboja is called a janapada in Panini and a mahajanapada in the Pali texts...
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  • technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    c. 500–300 BCE, coinciding with the emergence of 16 great states or Mahajanapadas in Northern India, and the subsequent rise of the Mauryan Empire. Recent...
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    Anga (redirect from Anga Mahajanapada)
    established the rule of his family. Anga (region) Magadha Anga Lipi Mahajanapadas Magadha-Anga war History of India History of Hinduism Sanskrit: अङ्ग...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    Siege of Kushinagar the capital of the Mallakas by seven Mahajanapadas' chiefs and their armies for the possession of relics of Buddha after his death...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    from about 1500 BCE to the 6th century BCE. With the rise of sixteen Mahajanapadas ("great janapadas"), most of the states were annexed by more powerful...
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     900 – c. 500 BCE) and had become "something of a backwater" by the Mahajanapada period in the 5th century BCE. However, traditions and legends about...
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    Vedic period witnessed the rise of true cities and large states (called mahajanapadas) as well as śramaṇa movements (including Jainism and Buddhism) which...
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    beautiful place on earth created by Ahura Mazda. It was one of the 16 Mahajanapadas of Vedic era. It was the centre of Vedic and later forms of Hinduism...
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    political centres of the Indian Subcontinent from the time of the ancient Mahājanapadas until the British colonisation of India. An ancient city situated on...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    groupings ruled by chieftains and kings, who ruled local kingdoms known as Mahajanapadas. The rise of kingdoms and dynasties in the Punjab is chronicled in the...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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    technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...
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  • the Vedic period Gandhara garnered recognition as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, or great realms, within South Asia playing a role in the Kurukshetra...
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    Kauravas Pandavas Yadu Kunti Gandhara Matsya List of tribes Janapadas Mahajanapadas Places Capitals Hastinapur Indraprastha 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra...
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