HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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mahajanapadas
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mahabharatas
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kshatriyas
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upanishads
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were sixteen of such Mahajanapadas: Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Machcha, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kamboja.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Magadha became the most powerful kingdom and was the centre of power in North India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Magadha became the most powerful mahajanapada around 600 BCE.
Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Kamarupa. Kosala, Anga, Kuru are the Mahajanpadas. Kamarupa, also called Kamrup or Kamata, ancient Indian state corresponding roughly to what is now the state of Assam, in northeastern India. Hence Kamarupa is NOT one of the 16 Mahajanapadas.