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1) Out of all the towns found in the Harrapan Civilization, which was the ideal town planning?
2) For which thing it was common for tribal community to fight?
3) Which was the most powerful state of the Mahajanpadas?
4) How many Mahajanpadas were there?
5) What is Janpade?
6) The Capital of Magadh was situated on the bank of which river?
7) According to which book there were 16 Mahajanpadas in Post Vedic Period?
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3) The Magadha Empire ruled in India from 684 BC- 320 BC. It is also mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. It was the most powerful amongst the sixteen mahajanapadas.
4) There were sixteen of Mahajanapadas or Great Kingdoms in India : Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Machcha, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kamboja.
5) The Janapadas (pronounced [dʑɐnɐpɐdɐ]) were the realms, republics (ganapada) and kingdoms (saamarajya) of the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent. The Vedic period reaches from the late Bronze Age into the Iron Age: from about 1500 BCE to the 6th century BCE.
6) The capital of magadh was situated on the bank of Ganga.
7) Anga Mahajanapada finds reference in the Mahabharata and Atharva Veda. During the rule of Bimbisara, it was taken over by Magadha Empire.
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