Name the republics mentioned in the Mahajanpada.

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The Mahajanapadas were monarchical or republican in character. The Buddhist literature, Anguttara Nikaya lists the sixteen mahajanapadas given as –

1) Kasi,

2) Kosala,

3) Anga,

4) Magadha,

5) Vajji or Vriji,

6) Malla,

7) Chedi or Cheti,

8) Vamsa or Vatsa,

9) Kuru,

10) Panchala,

11) Machcha or Matsya,

12) Surasena,

13) Assaka or Ashmaka ,

14) Avanti,

15) Gandhara

16) Kamboja.