Question

what is meant by mahajanapada​

Answer 1

Answer:

mahajanapada means maharaja

Answer 2

Answer:

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.

Government: Republics (Gaṇa sangha); Monarchies

Religion: Vedic Hinduism; Śramaṇa (Buddhism and Jainism)

Common languages: Prakrits and Sanskrit