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The names occurring in the Buddhist texts are accepted as more reliable.

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The names of sixteen Mahajanpadas are found in the Jaina and Buddhist literature and also in the Pur ana texts. 

Buddhist texts were written in a period, which was closer to the period of the Mahajanpadas. 

Hence, the names occurring in the Buddhist texts are accepted as more reliable.

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