Question

Prepare a list of the sixteen kingdoms, their capitals and the present day places where these kingdoms were situated in the sixth century BCE.

Answer 1

Following is the list of sixteen kingdoms, their capitals and the present day places where these kingdoms were situated in the sixth century BCE-

s. No.	Kingdom	Capital	Present Area of the Kingdoms
1.	Ang	Champa	Munger and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar
2.	Magadh	Patliputra	Gaya and Patna districts of Bihar
3.	Kashi	Varanasi	Present day Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh
4.	Kausal	Shravasti	Ayodhya and Faizabad area of Awadh in Uttar Pra
5.	Vajji	Vaishali	Areas of Vaishali in Bihar in the north of Ganga up to the hills of Nepal.
6.	Malla	Kushinara	Kushinara and Pawa area near Patna district in Bihar and Gorakhpur and Deoria districts in Uttar Prades
7.	Chedi	Shaktimati	Area of Bundelkhand and Jhansi on the banks of Yamuna
8.	Vats	Kaushambhi	Area of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
9.	Kuru .	Indraprastha	Areas around Delhi, Meerut, Ghaziabad
10.	Panchal	Ahichatra	Ruhelkhand between the Ganga and the Yamuna, Raipur, Bareilly, Badaun and Farrukhabad district
11.	Matasya	Viratnagar	Area of Jaipur, Bharatpur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan
12.	Shoorsen	Mathura	Mathura, Vrindavan and surrounding areas of Uttar Pradesh
13.	Ashmak	Potan	Area on both the sides of the banks of the Godawari in the south
14.	Awanti	Ujjaini	Ujjain and the Narmada Valley area of Madhya Pr
15.	Kamboj	Rajpur	From Jammu and Kashmir to Afghanistan and Pa
16.	Gandhar	Taxila	East Afghanistan including the Kashmir Valley and Taxila