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    Consider the following statements:
    1. The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in Anguttara Nikaya.
    2. Asmaka Mahajanpada was situated on the bank of Godawari.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    A)  1 only

    B)  2 only

    C)  Both 1 and 2

    D)  Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    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 tile 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 Bodhfs. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya. Some believes that Asmaka was a colony of the Kambojas, and its earlier name was Aswaka. The epic Maliabharata mentions that the king of the name Asmaka was the adopted son of Saudasa Alias Kalmashapada a king of Kosala and an Ikshwaku ruler. Asmaka Sumantu was a sage among the sages who assembled in Kurukshetra, during the last days of Kuru hero Bhishma.              


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