annex its territories, including Licchavi, Videha, and Nāya to the kingdom of Magadha, while the Mallakas also became part of Ajātasattu's Māgadhī empire but were allowed a limited degree of autonomy in terms of their internal administration, and stopped existing as a republican tribe when the Maurya dynasty ruled Magadha or shortly after. The Licchavikas nevertheless survived their defeat by Ajātasattu, and the structures of the older Licchavi republic subsisted within a degree local autonomy under Māgadhī rule, as attested by how the Licchavika Council instituted a festival in the memory of the decease of the Jain Tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra. See also Mahajanapada History of India History of Hinduism List of Indian monarchs History of Mithila Region References Sources Gaṇa saṅghas Mithila Mahajanapadas History of Bihar 6th century BC in India 5th century BC in India 6th-century BC establishments 5th-century BC disestablishments 6th-century BC establishments in Nepal 5th-century BC disestablishments in Nepal Former republics