16 Mahajanapadas

The Mahjanapadas were sixteen oligarchic republics or kingdoms that existed in ancient India from the sixth to the fourth century BCE.

Important Mahajanapadas

Kasi Kosala Anga Magadha Vajji Malla Chedi

Important Mahajanapadas

Vatsa Kuru Panchala Matsya Surasena Asmaka Avanti Gandhara Kamboja

16 Mahajanapadas & Their Capitals

Anga - Champa Magadha- Rajagriha Kasi - Kasi Vatsa - Kaushambi Kosala - Shravasti (northern), Kushavati (southern) Shurasena - Mathura

Kuru- Indraprastha Matsya - Viratanagara Chedi - Sothivathi AvantiUjjaini or Mahishmati Gandhara - Taxila Kamboja - Poonch Asmaka - Potali/Podana Vajji - Vaishali Malla - Kusinara

16 Mahajanapadas & Their Capitals