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  2. Mahajanapadas - Wikipedia

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    The Kamboja Mahajanapada of the Buddhist traditions refers to this cis-Hindukush branch of ancient Kambojas. [ 39 ] The trans-Hindukush region including the Pamirs and Badakhshan which shared borders with the Bahlikas (Bactria) in the west and the Lohas and Rishikas of Sogdiana / Fergana in the north, constituted the Parama-Kamboja country. [ 40 ]

  3. Middle kingdoms of India - Wikipedia

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    A unique and purely native form of Kannada literature-poetry called the Vachanas was also born during this time. The writers of Vachanas were called Vachanakaras (poets). Many other important works like Virupaksha Pandita's Chennabasavapurana , Dharani Pandita's Bijjalarayacharite and Chandrasagara Varni's Bijjalarayapurana were also written.

  4. Avanti (region) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Magadha - Wikipedia

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    Magadha was a region in ancient India, named after the ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom of Magadha, which was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period, based in the eastern Ganges Plain. The region was ruled by several dynasties, which overshadowed and incorporated the other Mahajanapadas.

  6. Pradyota dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Pradyota dynasty, also called Prthivim Bhoksyanti (lit. enjoying the earth), [1] was a ruling dynasty of Avanti, founded by Pradyota, after his father Punika, a minister in the court of the king of Ujjaini, the northern part of the former Avanti kingdom, and placed his own son on the throne in 546 BCE.

  7. Gaṇasaṅgha - Wikipedia

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    The Mahajanapadas were the sixteen most powerful states in Ancient India. Among the Mahajanapadas and other smaller states around them, some of the states followed a republican form of government. The Gaṇasaṅghas of Ancient India. The word gaṇa (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ n ə /; Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means group or community. It can ...

  8. Janapada - Wikipedia

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    The Janapadas had Kshatriya rulers. [16] Based on literary references, historians have theorized that the Janapadas were administered by the following assemblies in addition to the king: Sabha (Council) An assembly more akin to a council of qualified members or elders (mostly men) who advised the king and performed judicial functions.

  9. Kosala kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Kosala Kingdom Mahajanapada was one of sixteen most powerful and vast kingdoms and republics of the era, located mainly across the fertile Indo-Gangetic plains, there were a number of smaller kingdoms stretching the length and breadth of Ancient India. Places Related to Rama and Kosala