Vatsa

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.

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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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Mahajanapada period
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.