Name the 16 Mahajanpadas and their capitals as mention’ed in the Buddhaist scripture Anguttara Nikaya.
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The sixteen Mahajanapadas
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Mahajanapadas refers to the great kingdoms or nations existing during Vedic period. They existed in the ancient times from the 6th to 4th centuries BC. The names of the sixteen Mahajanapadas and their capitals are
- Kasi- Banaras
- Kosala- Shravasti
- Anga- Champa
- Magadha-Girivraja or Rajgriha
- Vajji or Vrijji-Vaishali.
- Malla- Kushinagar
- Chedi or Cheti- Suktimati or Sotthivati
- Vatsa-Kausambi.
- Kuru-Indraprastha / Hastinapur / Isukara
- Panchala-Ahichhtra (Western Panchal) and Kampilya (eastern Panchala)
- Matsya-Viratnagar
- Surasena-Mathura
- Assaka-Potali, Potana or Podana
- Avanti-Ujjain & Mahismati.
- Gandhara-Taxila
- Kamboja-Rajpur
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