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Question
Answer in one sentence.
What is meant by mahajanapada?
Solution
Some janapadas gradually became stronger and expanded their geographical boundaries, such janapadas came to be known as Mahajanapadas.
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Long Answer Type Question:
What was an important feature of capital cities of ‘mahajanapadas’? Why were they fortified? How were they fortified?
Map Skills
On an outline physical map of India, mark these ‘janapadas’ or ‘mahajanapadas’.
(i) Gandhara
(ii) Kuru
(iii) Panchala
(iv) Kosala
(v) Avanti
(vi) Magadha
(vii) Anga
(viii) Vajji.
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
Which of these was usually fortified?
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
The rulers of ‘Mahajanapadas’ depended on occasional gifts brought by people.
Can you name the following?
They had a four-column army -
The Kingdom which was most powerful among the four Mahajanapadas.
______ Mahajanapadas dotted the Indo – Gangetic plain in sixth century BC.
Kosala, one of the Mahajanapadas belonged to ______.
Among the four Mahajana padas, Vatsa emerged as an empire.
Name the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
