Mahajanpad kaal (approximately 600 BCE to 300 BCE) mein Bharat mein 16 pramukh mahajanpad the. Inka vistar is prakar hai:

Magadh: Iska rajya Patliputra (aaj ka Patna) tha. Yeh sabse samriddh aur shaktishaali mahajanpad tha.

Kosala: Iska mukhya nagar Ayodhya tha. Yeh kaushalya pradesh mein sthit tha.

Vaishali: Yeh Lichchhavi ganrajya ke liye jana jata tha aur iska samajik aur rajneetik mahatva tha.

Malla: Iska mukhya sthal Kushinagar aur Pava tha. Yeh ek ganrajya tha.

Vatsa: Iska rajya Kaushambi tha, jo Yamuna ke kinare sthit tha.

Kashi: Iska mukhya nagar Varanasi tha, jo dharmik aur vyavsayik kendr tha.

Kuru: Iska rajya Hastinapur tha. Yeh Kuru vansh ka pramukh sthal tha.

Panchala: Iska mukhya sthal Ahichhatra aur Kampilya tha. Yeh bhi ek vikasit mahajanpad tha.

Shurasena: Iska rajya Mathura tha, jo vyavsayik aur dharmik kendra tha.

Avanti: Iska mukhya nagar Ujjain tha. Yeh mahajanpad vyavsayik aur samajik vikas ke liye jana jata tha.

Gandhar: Yeh takshashila ke liye prasiddh tha. Yeh ek mahatvapurn shiksha kendra bhi tha.

Kamboj: Yeh Kamboja pradesh mein sthit tha, jo samudrik vyapar ke liye prasiddh tha.

Utkal: Iska mukhya sthal Kalinga tha. Yeh samudrik vyapaar mein ahem bhumika ada karta tha.

Mahishmati: Yeh ek prachin nagar tha, jo vyavsayik aur samajik vikas ke liye jana jata tha.

Kalinga: Yeh samudrik vyapar aur samrajya ke liye jana jata tha. Iski janga samrat Ashok ke saath judi hai.

Sursena: Yeh Mahabharat ke samay mein prasiddh tha aur iski rajdhani Mathura thi.

Yeh 16 mahajanpad Bharat ke prachin itihas mein mahatvapurn sthal rahe hain aur inhone samajik, dharmik, aur rajneetik vikas mein yogdan diya.