The names of 16 Mahajanapadas are mentioned in nearly in 600 BCE:

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Anguttara Nikaya. The names of the various Mahajanapadas were found in the literatures of that time. The list produced in various texts are different. Buddhist epic ‘Anguttara Nikaya’ and Jain epic 'Bhagwati Sutra' provide the list of 16 Mahajanapads. Anguttara Nikaya includes the name of – Anga, Magadha, Kashi, Koshala, Vatsa, Matsya, Kuru, Panchala, Avanti, Asmaka, Gandhara, Kamboja, Shurasena, Chedi, Vajji, Mal, etc. Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Kashi and Koshal are included in both Anguttara Nikaya as well as Bhagwati sutra. Panini (Parini) in his Ashtadhyayi has mentioned the name of 22 Mahajanapads namely–Magadha, Ashmaka, Kamboja, Gandhara, Sursen etc. 10 Mahajanapads were located in Ganga valley.

The names of 16 Mahajanapadas are mentioned in nearly in 600 BCE:

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