Definition of Mahajanapadas. Meaning of Mahajanapadas. Synonyms of Mahajanapadas

- only Mahajanapadas from Uttarapatha. The Vyākhyāprajñapti (or the Bhagavati Sutra), a sutra of Jainism, gives a different list of sixteen Mahajanapadas: Anga...
- 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...
- consolidated into 16 major oligarchies and monarchies that were known as the mahajanapadas. The emerging urbanisation gave rise to non-Vedic religious movements...
- Armor in the Indian subcontinent was used since antiquity. Its earlier reference is found in the Vedic period. Armor has been described in religious texts;...
- 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...
- (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...
- 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...
- were 16 Mahajanapadas in India. Out of them, Ashmak Mahajanapada was the only Mahajanapada in South India. The capital of this Ashmak Mahajanapada was Pratishthanpuri...
- the Janapadas or prin****lities of the Vedic period to the sixteen Mahajanapadas or region-states of the early historic period, culminating in the emergence...