| 16 Mahajanapadas ( Modern Area ) |
Capital |
| Anga (districts of Munger and Bhagalpur in Bihar) |
Champa / Champanagari |
| Magadha (districts of Patna, Gaya, Shahabad of Bihar.) |
Girivraja or Rajgriha |
| Vajji (It was located on the north of River Ganga in Bihar) |
Vaishali |
| Malla (districts of Deoria, Basti, Gorakhpur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.) |
Kushinagar, Pawa |
| Kasi (districts of Varanasi in U.P ) |
Banaras |
| Kosala (districts Faizabad, Gonda, Bhahraich ) |
Shravasti |
| Vatsa (districts of Allahabad and Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.) |
Kausambi |
| Chedi (located in the Bundelkhand division of Madhya Pradesh) |
Suktimati or Sotthivati |
| Kuru (It covered the modern Haryana & Delhi) |
Indraprastha |
| Panchala (Rohilkhand division & Upper Gangetic Plains of today’s Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand.) |
Ahichhtra (Western Panchal) and Kampilya (eastern Panchala) |
| Surasena (It was located on the junction of Uttarpatha and Dakshinpatha around Mathura of Today.) |
Mathura |
| Matsya (It was located on the junction of Uttarpatha and Dakshinpatha around Mathura of Today.) |
Viratnagar |
| Avanti (Located on present day Malwa region) |
Ujjayini and the southern part had its centre at Mahishmati. |
| Assaka (Located on the banks of the Godavari River ) |
Potali, Potana |
| Gandhara (Covered the regions between Kabul and Rawalipindi in North Western Provinces, Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River.) |
Taxila |
| Kamboja (It was located around Hndukush mountains of Kashmir.) |
Rajpur |
