Question

2. Describe the administrative system in the kingdom of Magadh.
3. Describe the economic life and educational system in the Mahajanapadas.
4. Write about the republican system of government in Vajji.
5. Explain the system of taxation in Mahajanapadas.​

Answer 1

Answer:

2.The Magadh kingdom included republican communities such as the community of Rajkumar. Villages had their own assemblies under their local chiefs called Gramakas. Their administrations were divided into executive, judicial, and military functions.

4.Vajji was a republican mahajanapada in mordern Bihar. Its capital was Vaishali and it was run by ganas or sanghas (assemblies).

There were hundreds of members in a sangha, and each was known as a raja. All those members got together to decide the important matters of the state.

Woman and slaves were not allowed to be part of these assemblies

Buddha and Mahavira were both part of ganas or sanghas, and Buddhist books specifically talk about the working of sanghas.

Many powerful rajas tried but failed to conquer the sanghas, and although the Guptas did conquer them, it only happened much later.

5.

.Taxes were collected in Mahajanapadas from the common people to build the infrastructure of the city and to maintain big armies for the protection of the city. ... Herders were made to pay taxes in kind and would have to give up animals or animal produce as tax. There were taxes on tradable goods and forest produce also.