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Vatsa
Sign in to saveVatsa or Vamsa (, Pali and Ardhamagadhi: , , literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Vatsa
- Country.common_name
- Assaka
- Country.era
- Iron Age
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- c. 700 BCE
- Country.year_end
- c. 300 BCE
- Country.p1
- Kuru Kingdom
- Country.s1
- Nanda dynastyMagadha
- Country.image_map
- Mahajanapadas_(c._500_BCE).png
- Country.image_map_caption
- Vatsa and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period.
- Country.year_leader1
- 8th century B.C.
- Country.leader1
- Nicakṣu (first)
- Country.year_leader3
- 4th century B.C.
- Country.leader3
- Kṣemaka (last)
- Country.capital
- Kauśāmbī, Prayāga
- Country.common_languages
- PrakritSanskrit
- Country.religion
- Historical Vedic religionJainismBuddhism
- Country.title_leader
- Maharaja
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- Udayana
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Vatsa or Vamsa (, Pali and Ardhamagadhi: , , literally "calf") was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (great kingdoms) of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.
==Location== The territory of Vatsa was located to the south of the Gaṅgā river, and its capital was the city of or Kosambi|, on the Yamunā river and corresponding to the modern-day location of Kosam.