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Mahajanapada

kingdoms in the Indian Subcontinent (c. 600 BCE-c. 345 BCE)
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Summary

Mahajanapada is a historical country[1]. Mahajanapada draws 3,207 Wikipedia views per month (historical country category, ranking #268 of 1,549).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Historical Vedic religion[3]
  • Instance of: Hexadecad[4]
  • Basic form of government: republic[5]
  • Subclass of: historical country[6]
  • Commons category: Mahajanapadas[7]
  • Inception: 600 BC[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 345 BC[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mahajanapadas[10]
  • Replaces: Janapada[11]
  • Replaced by: Nanda Empire[12], Maurya empire[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Mahajanapada[14]

Why It Matters

Mahajanapada has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Mahajanapada is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → -0600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Basic form of government → republic
    Dissolved → —
    Replaces → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 26°0'0.00000"N, 81°0'0.00000"E"
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