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Shodasa Mahajanapadas: Names, Location, Capitals, Map
All sixteen Mahajanpadas of Gautam Buddha’s period with their Capitals and Locations
In ancient India, there were sixteen major districts in north India according to the Buddha and Jain Literature. They were known as Mahajanpadas. Vajji and Malla were only republics and other fourteen were monarchial states.
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Sr No
|
Mahajanpadas |
Capitals |
Location |
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1 |
Kashi |
Banaras |
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
|
2 |
Kosala |
Shravasti/Kushavati |
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh |
|
3 |
Ang |
Champa |
Munger & Bhagalpur, Bihar |
|
4 |
Magadh |
Patliputra |
Patna, Bihar |
|
5 |
Vajji |
Vaishali |
Muzaffarpur, Bihar |
|
6 |
Malla |
Kushinagar |
Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
|
7 |
Chedi |
Suktimati |
Banda, Uttar Pradesh |
|
8 |
Vatsa |
Kausambi |
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
|
9 |
Kuru |
Indraprastha/Hastinapur |
Delhi & Haryana |
|
10 |
Panchal |
Ahichhatra/Kampilya |
Rohilkhand division, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand |
|
11 |
Matsya or Machcha |
Viratnagar |
Alwar, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
|
12 |
Surasena |
Mathura |
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh |
|
13 |
Assaka or Ashmaka |
Potali/Potana |
Buldana, Maharashtra |
|
14 |
Avanti |
Ujjain/Mahishmati |
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh |
|
15 |
Gandhara |
Taxila |
Kabul & Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
|
16 |
Kamboj |
Rajpur |
Kashmir |
