Question

What does the word janapada literally mean?​

Answer 1

The Sanskrit term janapada is a tatpurusha compound term, composed of two words: janas and pada. The word pada means "foot" (cf. Latin cognate pedis); from its earliest attestation, the word has had a double meaning of "realm, territory" and "subject population" (cf. Hittite pedan, "place").

Answer 2

Answer: The Janapadas were the realms republics and kingdoms of the vedic period on the Indian subcontinent.

Explaination: Late Bronze Age into the Iron Age.

From about 1200 BCE to the 6th century BCE.