Assaka
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Aśmaka or Assaka was a Mahajanapada in ancient South Asia which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the Buddhist texts and Puranas. It included areas in present-day Maharashtra and Telangana in south-central India. In Gautama Buddha's time, many of the Assakas were located on the banks of the Godavari River (south of the Vindhya mountains).The capital of Aśmaka was the city variously named Podana, Potali, Paudanyapura, and Potana. Most scholars identify it with present-day Bodhan in Telangana, while some correspond it to modern-day Paithan in Maharashtra.
Key facts
- Former country.native_name
- Aśmaka
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Asmaka
- Former country.common_name
- Assaka
- Former country.era
- Iron Age
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.year_start
- c. 700 BCE
- Former country.year_end
- 425 or 345 BCE
- Former country.s1
- Nanda EmpireMagadha
- Former country.image_map
- Mahajanapadas_(c._500_BCE).png
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Asmaka and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period.
- Former country.capital
- Paithan PotaliPodana
- Former country.common_languages
- PrakritSanskrit
- Former country.religion
- Historical Vedic religionJainismBuddhismHinduism
- Former country.today
- Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
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- inception
- 0700-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0425-00-00
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- Puranas
- Jataka tales
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Aśmaka or Assaka was a Mahajanapada in ancient South Asia which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the Buddhist texts and Puranas. It included areas in present-day Maharashtra and Telangana in south-central India. In Gautama Buddha's time, many of the Assakas were located on the banks of the Godavari River (south of the Vindhya mountains).The capital of Aśmaka was the city variously named Podana, Potali, Paudanyapura, and Potana. Most scholars identify it with present-day Bodhan in Telangana, while some correspond it to modern-day Paithan in Maharashtra.
In ancient India, during the 6th century BCE, there were sixteen Mahajanapadas. Among them, Ashmaka (or Assaka) was the only Mahajanapada located in South India.