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Question
Answer in one sentence.
What is meant by mahajanapada?
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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.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
The rulers of ‘Mahajanapadas’ depended on occasional gifts brought by people.
The Kingdom which was most powerful among the four Mahajanapadas.
Name any two major Mahajanapadas.
Kosala, one of the Mahajanapadas belonged to ______.
How were Mahajanapadas formed?
Sixteen ______ dotted the Indo-Gangetic plain in the sixth century BC (BCE).
Name the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
Match the following:
| 1. | Panchala | a. | Foreign Notice |
| 2. | Mahavamsa | b. | Daughter |
| 3. | Ashoka | c. | Proclamation |
| 4. | Sangamithra | d. | Mahajanapada |
| 5. | Edict | e. | Governor of Ujjain |
