Mahajanapadas


1. The Buddhist text ____ gives the list of ____ Mahajanapadas at the time of Buddha

Anguttara Nikaya; sixteen

2. What is the extent of Mahajanapadas?

North western Pakistan to east Bihar and from Himalayas to river Godavari

3. ____ was famous for cotton textiles and market for horses

Kashi

4. ____ was noted for trade and commerce

Champa

5. ____ represented a confederacy of eight clans

Vajji

6. The Buddha died in the vicinity of ____

Kushinara

7. The northern panchals had their capital at ____while southern had their capital at ____

Ahicchatra; Kampilya

8. The Buddha calls himself Kosalan in the ____

Majjhima Nikaya

9. Name the Mahajanapadas and their capitals.

The following table illustrates this:

 

Mahajanapada

Capital

1.

Anga

Champa

2.

Magadha

Rajgriha

3.

Kasi

Varanasi

4.

Vajji

Vaishali

5.

Malla

Kusinara/ Pava

6.

Chedi

Suktimati

7.

Kuru

Indraprastha

8.

Panchal

Ahicchatra, kampilya

9.

Sursena

Mathura

10.

Gandhar

Taxila

11.

Matsya

Viratnagar

12.

Kamboja

Rajpura

13.

Asmak

Paithan

14.

Avanti

Ujjain

15.

Kosal

Sravasti

16.

Vatsa

Kaushambi