Question

which text told us about janapadas-mahajanapada ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

THE VEDIC,BUDDHIST AND JAIN TEXTS TELL US ABOUT JANAPADAS AND MAHAJANAPADAS

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Many religious texts like the Vedas, and Puranas, Ancient Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Digha Nikaya, and several Jain texts are the main sources referring to the Janapadas and Mahajanapadas.

• The Mahajanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanization period.
• The names of the sixteen Mahajanpadas are Anga, Assaka (or Asmaka), Avanti, Chedi, Gandhara, Kashi, Kamboja, Kosala, Kuru, Magadha, Malla, Matsya (or Maccha), Panchala, Surasena, Vajji, Vatsa (or Vamsa).
• The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
• There are four Vedas namely The Rigveda, The Yajurveda, The Samveda, and The Atharvaveda.
• The Anguttara Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism.
• The Digha Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the first of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Buddhism.
• These texts form the bedrock of the knowledge we have of that period available to us.
• On the basis of archaeology, they correspond to the  Northern Black Polished Ware culture.
• This period saw the second urbanization in India and the rise of urban centers like Kashi (Modern Varanasi) and Pataliputra (Modern day Patna).
• Hence, Many religious texts like the Vedas, and Puranas, Ancient Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Digha Nikaya, and several Jain texts are the main sources referring to the Janapadas and Mahajanapadas.

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