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The famous grammarian Panini hailed from which of the following Mahajanapadas?

  1. Gandhara

  2. Kamboja

  3. Avanti

  4. Vatsa
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Panini, the great Sanskrit grammarian who wrote Ashtadhyayi around 4th century BCE, belonged to Gandhara Mahajanapada (modern-day Pakistan/Afghanistan region). Gandhara was a center of learning and trade. Kamboja was neighboring, Avanti was in central India, and Vatsa was in the Ganga-Yamuna doab.

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