Mahajanpad age

mahajanpad age

• Several republic and kingdoms emerged for time about 600 BC.
• Jana transformed into Janpad
• Reasons of emergence- use of iron increased that extended the territorial area in UP and Bihar regions.
• We know about the list of 16 states or Mahajanpad from Buddhist text= “ANGUTTAR NIKAY” and Jain text   = “BHAGWATI SUTRA”.
• Some of them were Monarch and other was Republican.

All sixteen is followings –

 

MAHAJANPAD ERA MAP

 

 

 

No.	Janpad	Capital	current city
1	Anga	Champa	Bhagalpur &Munger
2	Magadh	Girivrij	Patna
3	Kashi	Varanasi	Varanasi
4	Kosala	Shaswati or Ayodhya	Faizabad,Gonda
5	Chedi	Shaktimati	Bundelkhand
6	vasta	Kausambhi	Allahbad
7	Kuru	Indraprast	Harayana
8	Panchal	Ahichatra	West U.P
9	Matsya	Virat Nagar	Bharatpur Jaipur
10	Sursena	Mathura	U.P & Rajasthan
11	Assamak	Potan	Godavari Bank
12	Avanti	Ujjaini	Malwa
13	Gandhar	Taxila	Pakistan
14	Kamboj	Hatak	Pakistan
15	Vijja	Mithila	North Bihar
16	Malla	Kushawati	Kushinagar