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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 50 of 200

Q50
History of IndiaMahajanapadas, Buddhism & Jainism
The following was a Mahajanapada:
  1. a.Magadha
  2. b.Saurashtra
  3. c.Pragjyotishpur
  4. d.Sialkot

Answer: (A) Magadha

Magadha was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas listed in the Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya and grew into the most powerful of them. Saurashtra was not among the sixteen. Pragjyotishpura was the ancient capital of Kamarupa (Assam), near present-day Guwahati. Sialkot is ancient Sakala (Sagala), the capital of the Indo-Greek king Menander.

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