What are the chacterestics of Mahajanapadas
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- Mahajanapadas were forms of early states and were mostly ruled by kings. ...
- Mahajanapadas had its own capital and it was fortified. ...
- Mahajanapadas developed gradually a standing armies and bureaucracy.
- There was the system of taxation, taxes were collected fromt the masses.
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The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: महाजनपद, lit. '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.
The 6th–5th centuries BCE is often regarded as a major turning point in early Indian history; during this period India's first large cities arose after the demise of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was also the time of the rise of sramana movements (including Buddhism and Jainism), which challenged the religious orthodoxy of the Vedic Period.
Two of the Mahājanapadas were most probably ganatantras (oligarchic republics) and others had forms of monarchy.