// Antiquity
Mahajanapadas
- Period
- 600 BC – 351 BC
- Duration
- approx. 249 years
- Greatest extent
- around 404 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 805,000 km²
Period and duration
Mahajanapadas — according to the map data from 600 BC to 351 BC, roughly 249 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Mahajanapadas — greatest extent around 404 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 805,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (601 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around 404 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Achaemenid Empire
- Magadha - Shaishunaga dynasty
- Janapada of Aśmaka
Learn more
- Open the world map in 404 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Mahajanapadas on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.