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In ancient India, a number of kingdoms emerged during the Vedic Age that were spread across the Indo-Gangetic plain.
          These kingdoms were also called as republics and 16 of them were regarded the greatest of all. These 16 kingdoms were known as the 16 Mahajanapadas.
          These 16 Maha Janapadas are mentioned in the ancient literature and scriptures. The term Maha Janapada actually means "great country" and is derived from Sanskrit. The sixteen mahajanapadas rose before the start of Buddhism in India. Though these places were tribal settlements initially, roughly by 600 B.C they grew into bigger political entities by grabbing land.
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MAHAJANAPADAS ABOUT 2500 years ago, some JANAPADAS became more important than others, and were known as MAHAJANAPADAS. Some of these are shown in map below. Most MAHAJANAPADAS had a capital city, many of these were FORTIFIED. This mean that huge walls of wood, brick or stone were built around them.

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In ancient India, a number of kingdoms emerged during the Vedic Age that were spread across the Indo-Gangetic plain.
? ? ? ? ? These kingdoms were also called as republics and 16 of them were regarded the greatest of all. These 16 kingdoms were known as the 16 Mahajanapadas.
? ? ? ? ? These 16 Maha Janapadas are mentioned in the ancient literature and scriptures. The term Maha Janapada actually means "great country" and is derived from Sanskrit. The sixteen mahajanapadas rose before the start of Buddhism in India. Though these places were tribal settlements initially, roughly by 600 B.C they grew into bigger political entities by grabbing land.

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When janapadas became larger and more powerful than other it is called mahajanapadas . There are 16 major mahajanapadas .
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Two of the mahajanapadas were most probably ganatantras (oligarchic republics) and others had forms of monarchy. Ancient Buddhist texts like anguttara nikayamake frequent reference to sixteen great kingdoms and republics which had developed and flourished in a belt stretching from gandhara in the northwest to anga in the eastern part of Indian subcontinent. They inculded parts of the trans-vindhyan region,and all had developed prior to the rise of Buddhism in india
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