Malla Jawira a river. Malla may refer to. 16 Mahajanapada And Their Capitals General Knowledge Knowledge Taxila From the time of the Mahajanapadas 600 BCE320 BCE walled and moated cities with large gates and multi-storied buildings which consistently used arched windows and doors and made intense use of wooden architecture are important features of the architecture during this period. . Mahajanapadas were formed sixth century BC onward. The Vyākhyāprajñapti or the Bhagavati Sutra a sutra of Jainism gives a different list of sixteen Mahajanapadas. While historians are divided over the origins coinage in India it is commonly believed that the first coins in India were minted around the 6 th century BCE. The most prominent feature of Mahajanapadas is the formation of states. 20 Epigraphist Dineschandra Sircar however added a different perspective to this struggleAccording to Sircar the struggle between the Pratihara Empire an