Question

what were janapadas
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Answer 1

The Janapadas (pronounced [dʑɐnɐpɐdɐ]) were the realms, republics (ganapada) and kingdoms (saamarajya) of the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent. The Vedic period reaches from the late Bronze Age into the Iron Age: from about 1500 BCE to the 6th century BCE

Answer 2

Answer:

janapadas were smaller tribes and as we know the word Jana's means common so it probably is the tribe of the common people so wherever the Jana's stepped foot that territory was theirs