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1.There were 16 Mahajanapadas in the Indian subcontinent in the sixth century were Anga, Magadha, Kosala, Kasi, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Avanti, Surasena, Asmaka, Gandhara and Kambhoja.
2.The presence of natural resources helped Magadha's rise to power in the 6th century BC. Rich deposits of iron ore contributed to the making of effective iron weapons and agricultural tools.
3.The Sanskrit term janapada is a tatpurusha compound term, composed of two words: janas and pada. Jana means "people" or "subject". The word pada means "foot".
4.The most powerful ruler of the Nanda Dynasty is Mahapadma Nanda who was on the throne of Magadha when Alexander the Great invaded India.
5.Alexander army, exhausted, homesick, and anxious by the prospects of having to further face large Indian armies throughout the Indo-Gangetic Plain, mutinied at the Hyphasis (modern Beas River) and refused to march further east.