Mahajanapadas (Modern Area) Capital
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1.
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Anga (districts of Munger and Bhagalpur in Bihar)
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Champa/ Champanagari
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Magadha (districts of Patna , Gaya and Nalanda in Bihar )
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Girivraj, Rajgriha/ Rajgir (Bimbisara), Patliputra (Udayin),
Vaishali (Shishunaga), Patliputra (Kalashok)
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Vajji (districts of Muzaffarpur & Vaishali In Bihar)
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Videha, Mithila, Vaishali
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Malla (districts of Deoria, Basti, Gorakhpur and Siddharthnagar in
U.P)
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Kuishinara and Pawa
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Kashi (districts of
Varanasi in U.P)
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Varanasi
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Kosala (districts of Faizabad , Gonda, Bahraich in U.P.)
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North Kosal- Sravasti/ Sahet- Mahet South Kosal –Saket/ Ayodhya)
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Vatsa ( districts of Allahabad, Mirzapuretc, In U.P)
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Kausambi
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Chedi (Bundelkhand area)
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Shaktimati / Sotthivati
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Kuru(Haryana and Delhi area)
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Indraprastha (modern Delhi)
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Panchala (Ruhelkhand, Western U.P.)
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North Panchal –Ahichhatra South Panchal – Kampilya
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Shurasena (Brajmandal)
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Mathura
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Matsya (Alwar, Bharatpur and Jaipur in Rajasthan)
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Viratnagar
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Avanti (Malwa)
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North Avanti- Ujjayini South Avanti- Mahishmati
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Ashmaka (between the rivers Narmada and Godavari)
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Potana/ Patali
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Gandhara (western part of Pakistan and Afghanistan)
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Taxila (near Rawalpindi, Pakistan ) and Pushkalavati
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Kamboja (Hazara district of Pakistan)
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Rajapur/ Hataka
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Buddhist literature (Anguttara Nikaya, Mahavastu) and
Jain literature (Bhagavati Sutta) Present a list of 16 Mahajanapadas with minor
variation of names.
There were two types of states_ monarchical and
non_monarchical/ republican . Monarchial states- Anga ,Magadha, Kashi, kosala,
Vatsa, Chedi, Shursena, Matsya, Avanti, Gandhara.,
Republican States- Vajji, Malla, Kuru, panchal,
kamboja, Shakya(Kapilvsastu), Koliyas (Ramgrama),Moriya (Pipplivana).