SIXTEEN MAHAJANAPADAS With the widespread use of iron and a change in the method of production and organization of production from the 6th century B.C. onwards, there emerged large territorial states, mostly situated north of the Vindhyas and extending from the northwest frontier to Bihar. India was divided into sixteen States as 'Mahajanapadas' just before the rise of Buddhism in India. A list of these States is given in the Buddhist text (the Anguttara Nikaya). These sixteen States and their capitals were the following: 1. Anga - Champa 2. Magadha - Rajgir, Pataliputra 3. Kasi - Varanasi 4. Kosala - Sravasti 5. Vajji - Vaishali 6. Malla - Kushinagar, Pawa 7. Chedi - Sothivatinagar or Suktimati 8. Vamsa or - Kausambi Vatsa 9. Kuru - Asandivant (Hastinapur) 10. Panchala - Ahicchatra (Uttar), Kampilya (Dakshina) 11. Matsya - Viratnagar (Bairat) 12. Surasena - Mathura 13. Assake - Patana or Potali or Poudanva 14. Avanti - Mahismati, Ujjain 15. Ga
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