Kosala, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala (lit. 'Northern Kosala') was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India. It emerged as a small state during...

The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second...

Kosala is the kingdom of Rama mentioned in the Ramayana. Ayodhya was its capital and is now located in Uttar Pradesh. Rama's sons Lava and Kusha inherited...

Saketa (Sageya or Saeya in Prakrit) as an important city of the Kosala mahajanapada. Topographical indications in both Buddhist and Jain texts suggest...

be kshatriya, some kings came from non-kshatriya origins. After the Mahajanapada period, most of the prominent royal dynasties in northern India were...

Look up Kosala, kosala, कोसल, or sa:कोशल in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kosala was one of the 16 Mahajanapadas in the 6th to 5th centuries BCE, approximately...

ancient times, the area which comprises Unnao formed part of the Kosala Mahajanapada. It was later included in Oudh. This region has been inhabited since...

Around 500 BC, the Mahajanapadas minted punch-marked silver coins.[citation needed] The period was marked by intensive trade activity and urban development...

Indo-Gangetic Plain with their neighbors to the west and south being the kingdom of Kosala, their neighbors to the east across the Rohni River being the related Koliya...

the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period, based in southern Bihar in the...

primarily refer to the following 16 mahajanapadas ("great janapadas"): Anga Assaka Avanti Chetiya Gandhara Kamboja Kasi Kosala Kuru Machchha Magadha Malla Panchala...

south-west, the river Anomā or Rāptī separated the Koliyas from the kingdom of Kosala, to the east their neighbours were the Moriyas, and to their north-east...

Aśmaka or Assaka was a Mahajanapada in ancient India which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the Buddhist texts and Puranas. It included...

and Ardhamagadhi: Vaccha, literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara...

Āryāvarta – Central Āryāvarta) महाजनपद – Mahajanapada Shodasa Mahajanapadas (Sixteen Mahajanapadas) The Mahajanapadas were sixteen great kingdoms and republics...

The Buddhist texts include the remaining fourteen of the Mahajanapadas, namely Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vamsa (or Vatsa), Kuru...

janapadas grew into mahajanapadas. Gandhara and Kamboja were important mahajanapadas. Kamboja is called a janapada in Panini and a mahajanapada in the Pali texts...

 900 – c. 500 BCE) and had become "something of a backwater" by the Mahajanapada period in the 5th century BCE. However, traditions and legends about...

area of 300 leagues. The northern border of Kasi which separated it from Kosala was the Sarpikā or Syandikā river, and the river Son formed its southern...

Abhira kingdom Religion Bhagavata Government Monarchy Historical era Early Mahajanapada (Mahabharata) Today part of Pakistan India...

to the country of the Kosalas. Beyond these roads to the south is the southern country. Rituparna, the king (of Ayodhya, Kosala), arrived at the city...

power vacuum to form their own states. Sindhu-Sauvīra Gandhara Janapada Mahajanapada Gandhara Kingdom Gandhara grave culture Singh, Upinder. A History of...

of the Sadānirā river, the neighbour of the Vaidehas was the kingdom of Kosala. The Sadānirā and Kauśikī rivers remained the respective western and eastern...

Madhesh Province, theLicchavis, Kosala, and Mallas (N) from respective Indian Mahajanapada (i.e. Licchavis of Vajji, Kosala, and Malla (I)) that arrived...

its status as the capital of the Vatsa Kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas. It was located on the Yamuna River about 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest...

Avanti was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Janapada), roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region. According to the Buddhist texts, the...

scriptures. The region saw the rise and fall of several Mahajanapadas such as the Kurus, Panchalas, Kosala and the dynasties of Kushans and Guptas. After the...

Polished Ware 800-600 BCE Gandhara Kuru-Pancala Kosala-Videha Culture Late Vedic Period Mahajanapada Gandhara grave culture (Brahmin ideology) • early...

chronology Puru and Yadu Dynasties Indus Valley Civilisation Janapadas & Mahajanapadas Middle kingdoms of India List of Indian monarchs List of Jain states...

one of the solasa Mahājanapadas ("sixteen great states"). Raychaudhuri 1953, p. 128-130. Chakrabarti, Dilip Kumar (2000), "Mahajanapada States of Early...