alleryHow many great kingdoms and republics make up the Mahajanapadas of ancient India?
ATwenty
BFourteen
CTwelve
DSixteen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sixteen
1. The Mahajanapadas are a set of great states of ancient India.
2. Ancient sources list sixteen such kingdoms and aristocratic republics.
3. Ten, twelve and twenty-four do not match the standard count; twelve is only what one Buddhist text lists.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mahajanapadas, lead section_
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