Definition of Mahajanapada. Meaning of Mahajanapada. Synonyms of Mahajanapada

- The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in Ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during second...
- India, based in the eastern Ganges Plain. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period. The region was ruled by several...
- referred to as Uttara Kosala (lit. 'Northern Kosala') was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India. It emerged as a small state during the Late Vedic...
- Chitrāngada (Sanskrit: चित्राङ्गद, IAST: citrāṅgada) was the king of Kuru Mahajanapada with his capital Hastinapura. He belonged to the Lunar Dynasty of Bharata...
- Aśmaka or ****aka was a Mahajanapada in ancient India which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the Buddhist texts and Puranas. It included...
- consolidated into 16 major oligarchies and monarchies that were known as the mahajanapadas. The emerging urbanisation gave rise to non-Vedic religious movements...
- 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...
- 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...
- the Vedic period and extending into the Iron Age. Out of the sixteen mahajanapadas (lit. 'great realms') or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient...
- and Ardhamagadhi: Vaccha, literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara...