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The Sanskrit term janapada is a tatpurusha compound term, composed of two words: jana and padna. Jana means "go" or "do your business" (cf. Latin cognate genus , English cognate kin ). The word pada means "foot" (cf. Latin cognate pedis ); [ 2 ] [ 3 ] from its earliest attestation, the word has had a double meaning of "realm, territory" and ...
The Gandharas were furious people, well-trained in the art of war. According to Puranic traditions, this Janapada was founded by Gandhara, son of Aruddha, a descendant of Yayati. The princes of this country are said to have come from the line of Druhyu who was a famous king of the Rigvedic period and one of the five sons of king Yayati of lunar ...
Jaanapada is a word made by two words Jana - People or tribe Pada - a kind of short verse joined as a sandhi- a grammatical term. The folk culture and colloquial tongue of Kannadiga and probably Telugu people were known by this name from time the languages came into existence.
A terracotta seal excavated in the village mentions the Asmaka janapada. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Asmaka also included Mulaka area around Paithan known in ancient times as Pratishthana . [ 10 ] According to Sutta Nipata Saketa or Ayodhya was first halting place on the southward road ( Dakshinapatha ) from Shravasti to Pratishthana.
Avanti was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Janapada), roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region. According to the Buddhist texts , the Anguttara Nikaya , Avanti was one of the solasa mahajanapadas (sixteen great realms) of the 6th century BCE.
Kosala, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala (lit. ' Northern Kosala ') was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India. [2] [3] It emerged as a small state during the Late Vedic period [4] [5] and became (along with Magadha) one of the earliest states to transition from a lineage-based society to a monarchy. [6]
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Anga [a] was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas. [1]Counted among the "sixteen great nations" in Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Aṅga also finds mention in the Jain Vyakhyaprajnapti's list of ancient janapadas.