Asmaka

Aśmaka or Assaka was a <a href="/facts/Mahajanapadas/nwEe3Wsu">Mahajanapada</a> in ancient South Asia which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the <a href="/facts/Buddhist_texts/1jSFL7Wd">Buddhist texts</a> and <a href="/facts/Puranas/AQ7FeRsA">Puranas</a>. It included areas in present-day <a href="/facts/Telangana/oE5VoLuj">Telangana</a>, <a href="/facts/Maharashtra/4hAVYlb4">Maharashtra</a> and <a href="/facts/Andhra_Pradesh/d51Lb0kX">Andhra Pradesh</a> in south-central India. In <a href="/facts/Gautama_Buddha/8UchTM1s">Gautama Buddha</a>'s time, many of the Assakas were located on the banks of the <a href="/facts/Godavari_River/rLLkY6kJ">Godavari River</a> (south of the <a href="/facts/Vindhya/4co9kBBh">Vindhya</a> mountains).The capital of Aśmaka was the city variously named Podana, Potali, Paudanyapura, and Potana. Most scholars identify it with present-day <a href="/facts/Bodhan/UWSA05Da">Bodhan</a> in <a href="/facts/Telangana/oE5VoLuj">Telangana</a>, while some correspond it to modern-day <a href="/facts/Paithan/NsuAvI0w">Paithan</a> in <a href="/facts/Maharashtra/4hAVYlb4">Maharashtra</a>. 
In ancient India, during the 6th century BCE, there were sixteen <a href="/facts/Mahajanapadas/nwEe3Wsu">Mahajanapadas</a>. Among them, Ashmaka (or Assaka) was the only Mahajanapada located in <a href="/facts/South_India/XqkE3NdU">South India</a>.

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