Shodashajanapada
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Shodashajanapada (षोडशजनपद) is the sanskrit equivalent of 16 Mahajanapadas mentioned in Buddhist canonical texts.
Origin
Variants
- Shodashajanapada षोडशजनपद (AS, p.927)
- Solaha Janapada सोलह जनपद = Shodasha Janapada षोडशजनपद (AS, p.995)
- 16 Mahajanapadas
- Mahajanapadas
History
The Mahājanapadas (महाजनपद) were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Two of them were most probably ganatantras (oligarchic republics) and others had forms of monarchy. Ancient Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya[1] make frequent reference to sixteen great kingdoms and republics which had developed and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara in the northwest to Anga in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. They included parts of the trans-Vindhyan region,[2] and all had developed prior to the rise of Buddhism in India.[3]
The 6th–5th century BCE is often regarded as a major turning point in early Indian history; during this period India's first large cities arose after the demise of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was also the time of the rise of sramana movements (including Buddhism and Jainism), which challenged the religious orthodoxy of the Vedic Period.
List of Janapadas in Buddhist canon
The Buddhist canonical texts primarily refer to the following 16 mahajanapadas ("great janapadas"):[4]
षोडशजनपद
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर [5] ने लेख किया है ...षोडशजनपद (AS, p.927) अर्थात 'सोलह जनपद'। बौद्ध साहित्य ('अंगुत्तरनिकाय' आदि) में महात्मा बुद्ध के जीवन काल में (छठी शती ई. पू.) प्रसिद्ध सोलह जनपदों के नाम मिलते हैं, जो निम्नलिखित हैं-
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References
- ↑ Anguttara Nikaya I. p 213; IV. pp 252, 256, 261.
- ↑ Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Delhi: Pearson Education. pp. 260–4. ISBN 978-81-317-1120-0.
- ↑ 16 Maha Janapadas India, Iloveindia.com.
- ↑ Misra, Sudama (1973). Janapada state in ancient India. Vārāṇasī: Bhāratīya Vidyā Prakāśana.p.2
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.927