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INDIAN HISTORY
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10 states
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12 states
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15 states
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16 states
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kasi. Kosala. Anga. Magadha. Vajji. Malla. Chedi/Cheti. Vatsa. More items •24-Dec-2019
Detailed explanation-2: -Mahajanapadas Name: There were 16 Mahajanapadas, i.e. Anga, Assaka, Avanti, Chedi, Gandhara, Kamboja, Kasi, Kosala, Kuru, Machcha, Magadha, Malla, Panchala, Surasena, Vajji, and Vatsa.
Detailed explanation-3: -The two types of mahajanapadas were republic and monarchy. Vajji, Malla, Kuru and Kamboja were the ganatantras (republic) states while all other states Anga, Vatsa, Gandhara, Matsya, Kashi, Anti, Shursena and Chedi had monarchy governments.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: great realm, from maha, “great", and janapada “foothold of a people") were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanisation period.