only Mahajanapadas from Uttarapatha. The Vyākhyāprajñapti (or the Bhagavati Sutra), a sutra of Jainism, gives a different list of sixteen Mahajanapadas: Anga...

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...

chronology Puru and Yadu Dynasties Indus Valley Civilisation Janapadas & Mahajanapadas Middle kingdoms of India List of Indian monarchs List of Jain states...

(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...

consolidated into 16 major oligarchies and monarchies that were known as the mahajanapadas. The emerging urbanisation gave rise to non-Vedic religious movements...

technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...

and Ardhamagadhi: Vaccha, literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara...

contrast to monarchy (साम्राज्य saamarajya in Sanskrit). Among the Mahajanapadas, the sixteen great states in ancient India, two followed the gana sangha...

technology Ancient Stone Age Indus Valley civilization Vedic period Mahajanapadas Mauryas Yavana Kingdom Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley Indo-Parthian...

the Janapadas or principalities of the Vedic period to the sixteen Mahajanapadas or region-states of the early historic period, culminating in the emergence...