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The term ‘janapada’ is composed of two Hindi words, i.e. jana and pada. This means a place where people (jana) set their feet (pada) and settle down. A janapada was bigger than the jana. After successfully performing the ashwamedha yajna, a raja could become the king of a janapada. Even today; a district is called a janapad in Uttar Pradesh.
Although a janapada was bigger in size, yet people still lived in huts and reared cattle. People grew many crops; like rice, wheat, pulses, barley, sugarcane, sesame and mustard; were grown. The archaeologists have excavated many sites from the janapadas. For example; Purana Quila in Delhi, Hastinapur near Meerut and Atranjikhera near Etah (in UP).
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Janapada was earlier considered as a territory like mahajanapadas.
Explanation:
Janapada is a hindi समास word which is made of 2 words; namely Jana and pada.
Jana means 'People'
And, Pada means 'Feet' or (पैर)
They worked in settled agriculture communities and existed before the division of 4 varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishya and Shudras).
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