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	Mahajanapadas
		Mahajanapadas (महाजनपद) literally means "Great kingdoms" (from Sanskrit Maha = great, Janapada = foothold of tribe = country).
		Taksashila and Pushklavati, the two cities of this Mahajanapada, are said to have been named after Taksa and Pushkara, the two sons of Bharata, a prince of Ayodhya.
		Gandhara Mahajanapada of Buddhist traditions included territories of east Afghanistan, and north-west of the Panjab (modern districts of Peshawar (Purushapura) and Rawalpindi).
	mahajanapadas.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Mahajanapadas (4591 words)

	History of India - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		16 Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) are referred to in ancient literature of the period.
		By 600 BC, sixteen hereditary monarchies known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh.
		Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign of Asoka Maurya, one of India's most legendary and famous emperors.
	www.voyager.in /History_of_India (4777 words)

	Ancient India - Economy and Polity in Ancient India 4th c. B.C. - free Suite101 course
		The second type among mahajanapadas was republican or oligarchic which differed from the monarchical states.
		The main source for the study of these mahajanapadas are the Buddhist texts.
		The Vrijji confederacy near the foot of Himalayas was a powerful oligarchy, which challenged the supremacy of some monarchical states.
	www.suite101.com /lesson.cfm/18730/2158/1 (539 words)

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		Without getting acquainted with the precise location of various places which figure prominently in the texts, it is impossible to follow the course of events in any extent.
		The identification of these janapadas and Mahajanapadas is a pre requisite to study the religious history of this land properly.
		Thus before the seventh century A.D. the Odra country was lying in-between Daksina Kosala and Tosali, and after the northern coastal Orissa was included and still later the whole of coastal Orissa was known as Utkala.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/historical-212.htm (4226 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Books
		The people now owed allegiance to the janapada (territory) rather than the jana (tribe).
		Initially, these janapadas were agricultural settlements but through agricultural expansion, war and conquests, these became large territorial entities known as mahajanapadas.
		According to the Buddhist text "Anguttara Nikaya" which is part of "Sutta Pitaka", there were 16 mahajanapadas in the time of the Buddha.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020120/spectrum/book2.htm (729 words)

	Indraprastha,History of Indraprastha
		According to the Anguttara Nikaya, the Buddhist text, at the time of the Buddha a great battle of supremacy was happening between the existing states (known as mahajanapadas): Anga, Assaka (Asmaka), Avanti, Chedi, Gandhara, Kasi, Kosala, Kuru, Kamboja, Magadha, Matsya, Malla, Panchala, Surasena, Vajji and Vamsa (Vatsa).
		All of them were of varying size and strength; most were either conquered or swallowed up by the bigger fishes and the eventual survivors were Avanti, Kosala, Magadha and Vatsya (Vatsa with its moons).
		Since many of the characters of the Mahabharata echo the dynastic names and geographical locations of these mahajanapadas one would be greatly tempted to conclude that a case might be made for the theory that the great epic records actual events.
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/history/indraprastha.html (617 words)

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		It came to be the biggest and the most important of the autonomous states of Kosala in respect of territorial extent and political influence.
		In the sixth century B.C., Kosala came to be known as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms).
		The Malla kingdom also figured as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas with an independent entity and status equal to that of Koala itself.
	ballia.nic.in /history1.htm (1903 words)

	History of India - Crystalinks
		16 of them, called Mahajanapadas (great lands), are referred to in the ancient literature of the period.
		By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh.
		Greco-Buddhism especially influenced the artistic development of Mahayana Buddhism, before it was adopted by Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century AD, ultimately spreading to China, Korea and Japan.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiahistory.html (3885 words)

	Punchmarked coins of India
		It is apparent that these punch marked coins belonged two distinct periods - the coins of the first period contains one to four symbols and they are characterized by a specific weight though the symbol varied significantly from type to type.
		These coins belonged to a period when India had many janapadas and few Mahajanapadas (small and large states).
		Between mid sixth and fourth century BC, the Janapadas and Mahajanapadas were gradually absorbed into the rising Magadha empire, and coinage further evolved into five symbol form but in conceivable shapes.
	prabhu.50g.com /earliest/punchmrk.html (1000 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Whether in village or in forest, in vale or on hill, wherever Arahants dwell-delightful indeed is the spot.
		In Buddhist India a king named Chandappajjota was ruling over the country of Avanti, which was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas at the time.
		This king had, as one of his several coveted possessions, a female elephant named Bhadravatikaa, which was both a very fast traveller and a great fighter in battles.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/08/06/fea08.html (2032 words)

	Ancient Kamboj Rashtra - Kamboj Society
		But unfortunately, still, the scholars are not unanimous in their location of Ancient Kamboja Mahajanapada which stands mentioned numerously in our Sanskrrit and Pali Texts.
		Kamboja and Gandhara are two of the sixteen Mahajanapadas mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures".
		Dr Nando Lal Dev states that according to Dr Loh, the Shiaposh tribes of Hindukush are the descendents of the Kambojas and according to him Afghanistan or at least its north-east part constituted ancient Kamboja Mahajanapada.
	www.kambojsociety.com /ancient.asp (3151 words)

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		About 6th century BC, sixteen Mahajanapadas or kingdoms rose to pre-imminence in India.
		One of the earliest coins of india were minted by following Mahajanapadas.
		Each of the kingdom have issued distinct type of silver coins to facilitate the trade.
	www.med.unc.edu /~nupam/ancient1.html (2308 words)

	Wikinfo \| Vedic civilization
		Several small kingdoms and tribes merged to form a few large ones which were often at war with each other.
		16 mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) are referred to in some of the literature.
		By this time the Aryan tribes had spread from their original home in the west to much of the east and the south.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Vedic (1368 words)

	Chapter 2: History of India
		There were many states of the Aryans in North India, around the 6th century B. These states were called the 'Mahajanapadas'.
		The Mahajanapadas of Anga, Kashi, Kosala, Chedi, Vatsa, Matsya, Shursen, Ashmak, Avanti, Gandhar and Magadha were ruled by kings or monarchs.
		The Mahajanapadas of Vrijji, Malla, Kuru, Panchal and Kamboj were republican states and so were other smaller states like Lichhavi, Shakya, Koliya, Bhagga, Moriya.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/2250/history.html (4533 words)

	Semans: Review: Coinages of Saurashtra and Surasena
		The second part of van't Haaff's study is devoted to the single punched ‘fish over lion' silver coins from ancient Surasena Janapada.
		Ancient literature refers to Surasena and its capital Mathura as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
		The territory of ancient Surasena was in modern Uttar Pradesh west of the Yamuna river with the Panchala Janapada as its neighbour east of that river.
	www.coincoin.com /I410.htm (2063 words)

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		The birth place of Lord Krishna, "the best known, best loved and most complex of Lord Vishnu's manifestations" - Mathura is today an important place of pilgrimage.
		By the fifth century BC, during the time of Buddha, it was a major metropolis and the capital of the Surasena Kingdom - one of the 16 Mahajanapadas of the period.
		Mathura saw its `golden age' during the rule of the Kushanas and the able governance of rulers like Kanishka, Huvishka, and Vasishka, when the arts flourished and economic wealth grew.
	www.airtickets-india.com /cities/mathura.htm (291 words)

	MAHAJANAPADAS Articles Mahajanapadas (???????) literally m
		These Janapadas were named after the tribes or the Janas who had settled in them.
		By circa 600 BCE, many of these Janapadas had further evolved into larger political entities by the process of land-grabbing which eventually led to the formation of kingdoms known in Buddhist traditions as the Mahajanapadas or the great nations (Sanskrit: Maha = great, Janapada = country).
		The Buddhist and other texts only incidentally refer to sixteen great nations (Solasa Mahajanapadas) which were in existence before the time of Buddha.
	www.amazines.com /Mahajanapadas_related.html (556 words)

	First Tanks? - History Forum
		Republics in India were called "Janapadas" and confederacies of republics "Mahajanapadas"...
		There were 16 major Mahajanapadas at the time of Buddha...
		Buddha, who lived in the 6th century BC, is said to have given 7 ways for the Licchavis to remain strong and undefeated...
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=41127 (2155 words)

	Forgeries
		Inference can be drawn that the kingdom of Kashi was assimilated by Kosala by the mention of the king of Kosala as 'Varanasiggaho' or 'the conquerer of Varanasi'.
		The context in which the terms 'Janapada' or 'Mahajanapada' were employed is not clear.
		In the wake of such a diffused description, an attempt to classify the Archaic PMCs as belonging to only the 16 'Janapadas' may at its best be described as arbitrary and unfounded.
	www215.pair.com /sacoins/public_html/shailenspaper.htm (5466 words)

	MATHURA VRINDAVAN
		The birth place of Lord Krishna, "the best known, best loved and most complex of Lord Vishnu's manifestations" - Mathura is today an important place of pilgrimage.
		By the fifth century BC, during the time of Buddha, it was a major metropolis and the capital of the Surasena Kingdom - one of the 16 Mahajanapadas of the period.
		Mathura saw its `golden age' during the rule of the Kushanas and the able governance of rulers like Kanishka, Huvishka, and Vasishka, when the arts flourished and economic wealth grew.
	www.mathuravrindavan.com /mathura/about.htm (489 words)

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