The political process among the ancient Aryans appears to have originally started with semi-nomadic tribal units called Jana (Sanskrit: Jana = tribe). Early Vedic texts attest several Janas or tribes of the Aryans, living in semi-nomadic tribal state, fighting among themselves and with other Non-Aryan tribes for cows, sheeps and green pastures. These early Vedic Janas later coalesced into Janapadas of the Epic age. Aryan is an English word derived from the Indian Vedic and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended form aryāna-. The Old Persian ariya- is a cognate as well. ... The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. ... Viewed historically or developmentally, a tribe consists of a social formation existing before the development of, or outside of, states. ... The adjective Vedic may refer to The Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan texts. ... EPIC might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Electronic Privacy Information Center Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Programmable ircII Client El Paso Intelligence Center End Poverty In California European Privatisation and Investment Corporation Sometimes it is also used to refer to Epic Games game development company. ...

Term "Janapada" literally means the foothold of a tribe (Sanskrit: Jana = tribe, pada = foot). The derivative meaning of term Janapada from term Jana points to an early stage of land-taking by the Janas (tribes) for a settled way of life. This process of first settlement on the land had completed its final stage prior to the times of Buddha and Panini. The Pre-Buddhist north-west region of Indian sub-continent was divided into several Janapadas demarcated from each other by boundaries. In Panini, term Janapada stands for country and term Janapadin for its citizenry. These Janapadas or countries were named after the Janas or the tribes who had settled in them. By circa 600 BCE (or even earlier), many of these Janapadas had further evolved into larger political entities by the process of land-grabbing which eventually led to the formation of bigger kingdoms known in Buddhist traditions as the Mahajanapadas or the great nations (Sanskrit: Maha = great, Janapada = country). A stone image of the Buddha. ... Panini can mean one of the following :- A 5th century BC Hindu scholar Panini (scholar) A type of Italian sandwich Panini (sandwich) A brand of collectable stickers Panini (stickers) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A subcontinent is a large part of a continent. ... In politics, a country (or in some cases, a group of countries) over which a king or queen reigns, is a kingdom, see: monarchy. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... The political process among the ancient Aryans appears to have originally started with semi-nomadic tribal units called Jana (meaning tribe). ...

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Mahajanapadas The political process among the ancient Aryans appears to have originally started with semi-nomadic tribal units called Jana (meaning tribe). ...