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Mahajanapada
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mahajanapada
English
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Alternative forms
en mahajanapada
Etymology
en sa महाजनपद.
Pronunciation
en /mɑːhəˈd͡ʒɑːnəˌpɑːdə/ /mʌhəˈd͡ʒʌnəˌpʌdə/ RP
en /mɑhəˈd͡ʒɑnəˌpɑdə/ /məhəˈd͡ʒənəˌpədə/ GA
Proper noun
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One of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms extant from around 600 BCE to 345 BCE.
en 2006 66–67 Sangam: numismatics and cultural history : essays in honour of Dr. R. Krishnamurthy https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=wTyPDwAAQBAJ New Era Publications Irā Kiruṣṇamūrtti; Irāmaccantiran̲ Nākacāmi We know that there were sixteen mahajanapadas in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE but there were more than one hundred janapadas, some of which were independent and some others were included in the bigger mahajanapadas.
en 11 January 2016 N. Dalziel; J. M. MacKenzie Susmita Basu Majumdar Magadha, Kingdom of The Encyclopedia of Empire https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 w:Wiley Among the 16 mahajanapadas the monarchical states of Kosala, Vatsa, Avanti, and Magadha, along with the non‐monarchical mahajanapada of the Vrijis or Vajjis, attained political prominence by eclipsing other contemporary powers. However, it was the mahajanapada of Magadha which ultimately rose to prominence. https://web.archive.org/web/20190820062934/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe133 20 August 2019
en 1 April 2019 A23 2200+ MCQs with Explanatory Notes For HISTORY 2nd Edition https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=wTyPDwAAQBAJ 2nd Disha w:New Delhi Pataliputra was founded by Udayin while Rajgriha was founded by Bimbisar. Vajji was the ancient name of north Bihar. The territory of the Vajji Mahajanapada was located on the north of the Ganges river and extended up to the Terai region of Nepal.
Translations
one of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms
Burmese: my မဟာဇနပဒ
Hindi: hi महाजनपद
Marathi: mr महाजनपद
Sanskrit: sa महाजनपद
en History of India