HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Chhandogya Upanishad
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Samyukta Nikaya
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Mahabharata
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Anguttara Nikaya
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Detailed explanation-1: -The list of the sixteen Mahajanapadas given by the Buddhist Anga uttara Nikaya: Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Mgadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsya, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Asmaka, Avanti, Gandhara, Kamboja .
Detailed explanation-2: -Sixteen states or Mahajanapadas are mentioned in the Buddhist Jatakas, Anguttara Nikaya. The Anguttara Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the “three baskets” that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Angutara Nikaya, a Buddhist scripture mentions 16 great kingdoms or Mahajanapadas at the beginning of the 6th century BCE in India. They emerged during the Vedic Age.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hence Kamarupa is NOT one of the 16 Mahajanapadas.
Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: The Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya, provides the names of 16 Mahajanpadas at the time of Buddha.