16 MAHAJANAPADAS (jan 1, 602 BC – jan 1, 345 BC)
Description:
1. Anga – Champa
2. Asmakam – Pothal/Potana
3. Avanti – Ujjain/Mahishmati
4. Chedi – Suktimati
5. Gandhara – Taxila/Pushkalavati
6. Kamboja – Rajpuri
7. Kashi – Varanasi
8. Koshala – Ayodhya/Shravasti/Saketa
9. Kuru – Indraprastha/Hastinapura
10.Magadha – Girivraja/Rajagriha/Pataliputra
11. Malla – Kushinagara/Pava
12. Matsya – Viratnagara
13. Panchala – Ahichatra/Kampila
14. Shurasena – Mathura
15. Vajjis – Vaishali
16. Vatsa - Kaushambi
LITERARY WORKS
Ashtadhyayi by Panini
Priyadarshika .ratnavali,nagananda by Harsha
Swapnavasavaduttam by Bhasa -udayana(king of vatsa)
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Date:
jan 1, 602 BC
jan 1, 345 BC
~ 257 years