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history of mahajanaspada

Answer 1

Before Buddha, Kasi was the most powerful of the sixteenMahajanapadas. ... These stories tell of the long struggle for supremacy between Kashi and the three kingdoms of Kosala, Anga and Magadha.

Answer 2

Mahajanapadas. The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: महाजनपद, lit. 'great realm', from maha, "great", and janapada "foothold of a tribe, country") were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE.

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