Discussion Forum : Emergence Of Mahajanapadas And Magadh
Question - Consider the following statements:

  1. The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in Anguttara Nikaya.

  2. Asmaka Mahajanapada was situated on the bank of Godawari.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Options:
A .  2 only
B .  1 only
C .  Both 1 and 2
D .  Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in Anguttara Nikaya. Asmaka Mahajanapada was situated on the bank of river Godavari.
The Anguttara Nikaya, the fourth division of the Sutta Pitaka, consists of several thousand suttas arranged in eleven books (nipatas) according to numerical content.
An excellent modern print translation of the complete Anguttara Nikaya is Bhikkhu Bodhi’s The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha:

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