Do you find any similarities in the society of the mahajanapadas and of the present times? Give reasons for your answer.
Answers
Explanation:
The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: great realm, from maha, "great", and janapada "foothold of a people") were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in Northern ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanisation period.[2]
Mahājanapadas
c. 600 BCE–c. 345 BCE
Map of the 16 Mahājanapadas.[1]
Map of the 16 Mahājanapadas.[1]
Capital
Various
Common languages
Pali, Prakrits and Sanskrit
Religion
Ancient Hinduism
Śramaṇa (Buddhism and Jainism)
Government
Republics (Gaṇa sangha)
Monarchies
Historical era
Iron Age
• Established
c. 600 BCE
• Disestablished
c. 345 BCE
Answer:
The Buddhist literature, particularly the Anguttara Nikaya lists the sixteen mahajanapadas given as – Gandhara, Kamboja, Assaka, Vatsa, Avanti, Surasena, Chedi, Malla, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Vajji, Anga, Kosala and Magadha.
Explanation:
nope there no Similiralrities