Here is a list of 16 Mahajanapadas with their capitals and Present locations. You may read the full details of 16 Mahajanapadas here.
| Mahajanapadas | Capital | Present Location |
| Kashi | Varanashi | District: Banaras State: Uttar Pradesh |
| Kosala | Saravasti | District: Faizabad State: Uttar Pradesh (Eastern) |
| Anga | Champa/Champanagari | District: Munger and Bhagalpur State: Bihar |
| Magadha | Rajagriha (Girivraj) Patliputra (Later) | District: Patna, Gaya, Shahabad State: Bihar, Some part of West Bengal |
| Vatsa | Kausambi | District: Allahabad Mirzapur State: Uttar Pradesh |
| Avanti | Ujjain/Mahismati | District: Ujjain Region: Malwa region |
| Malla | Kushinagar/Paba | District: Vaishali State: Uttar Pradesh |
| Chedi | Suktimati | Region: Bundelkhand State: Madhya Pradesh |
| Vajji | Vaishali | District: Vaishali, Mithila region State: Bihar |
| Kuru | Hastinapur | Region: Northern India State: Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh |
| Panchala | Ahichhtra (Western Part) Kampilya (Eastern Part) | Division: Rohilkhand State: Uttar Pradesh (Western) |
| Matsya | Viratnagar | District: Jaipur State: Rajasthan |
| Sursena | Mathura | Region: Brij or Brijbhoomi State: Uttar Pradesh |
| Asmaka | Potana /Patali | Region: banks of Godavari Yamuna River State: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra |
| Gandhara | Taksashila | Region: Kabul, Rawalpindi, Peshawar Country: Pakistan Afganistan |
| Kamboj | Rajpur | District: Punch, Hazara State: Kashmir |
Friends, today I am sharing the history of India, in which the names of 16 notable Mahajanapadas with their then capital and present location are very nicely listed. Questions come from this part in government job exams like WBCS or other exams. Because it is one of the chapters of Indian history. So it is necessary to know about the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
16 Mahajanapadas list for UPSC, SSC, Railway, PSC, WBCS, and more competitive examinations. You may download this document as a pdf format.