Question

what were janapadas and mahajanapadas?​

Answer 1

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Mahajanapadas used to refer to state or administrative units in ancient India. Some districts are mentioned in the later Vedic period. They have been mentioned many times in Buddhist texts.

Answer 2

JANAPADAS:

The Janapadas (pronounced [dʑɐnɐpɐdɐ]) werethe 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.

MAHAJANAPADAS:

The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in Northern ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanisation period.

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