Question

what was mahajanapadas​

Answer 1

The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: 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.

Answer 2

Answer:

The larger and more powerful janapadas were called Mahajanapadas. There are 16 Mahajanapadas. most important of these were:-

• Magadha
• kosala
• Kashi
• Avanti
• Anga
• Vatsa

Mahajanapadas were of two kinds:

• monarchial
• Republican

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