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- Magadh, Ashmak, Kamboj have been mentioned in Panini in his Ashtadyayi
- The Janapadas were the realms, republics (ganapada) and kingdoms (saamarajya) on the Indian subcontinent.
- It had developed in the Vedic period and got prominent during the Buddhist and Jainism periods.
- The Buddhist canonical texts - Anguttara Nikaya, Digha Nikaya, Chulla-Niddesa, although with some differences between them, primarily refer to the following 16 mahajanapadas:
- Anga, Asmaka, Avanti, Chetiya, Gandhara, Kamboja, Kashi, Kosala, Kuru, Machchha, Magadha, Malla, Panchala, Surasena, Vajji (Bajji or Vrijji), Vamsha (Vatsa).
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